Rodney Frelinghuysen Archives

Ex-Morristown mayor, 75, heads to court to make his 24th run for public office

June 28, 2021 11:37 am

A former Morristown mayor is headed to court next month in a bid to run as an independent in a rematch with the incumbent who unseated him 12 years ago. Donald Cresitello, a local officeholder and perennial candidate in Morristown...

Barranco, Webber win GOP nods in district 26

June 9, 2021 12:05 amJune 9, 2021 7:02 am

Assemblywoman BettyLou DeCroce (R-Parsippany) has lost her re-election race to former Pompton Lakes Councilman Christian Barranco. The contest saw schisms form between the 26th district’s Republican county organizations. Morris County, which accounts 78% of the district’s GOP primary voters, awarded...

Veterans: Frelinghuysen and Kean families

May 31, 2021 12:01 amMay 31, 2021 11:05 pm

When you trace the roots of the Frelinghuysen family back to the American Revolution, you can start with Frederick Frelinghuysen, who was the very model of a modern Major-General. Frelinghuysen was a colonel in the Continental Army before his election...

Murphy set to name ex-Frelinghuysen opponent to bench

May 24, 2021 9:46 am

Vijayant Pawar, the Democratic candidate for Congress in New Jersey’s 11th district in 2002, is expected to be nominated to a Superior Court judgeship today, the New Jersey Globe has learned. If confirmed by the State Senate, Gov. Phil Murphy’s...

Frelinghuysen backs DeCroce for another term

May 12, 2021 9:53 amMay 12, 2021 9:57 am

Former Rep. Rodney Frelinghuysen endorsed Assemblywoman BettyLou DeCroce for another term in the Assembly Wednesday. “We have been friends for well over thirty years, and she is thoughtful, hardworking, and a very conscientious public servant. She is a conservative Republican...

The time a write-in campaign worked

April 14, 2021 12:01 amApril 13, 2021 10:03 pm

Write-in campaigns are largely uphill, but not impossible under special circumstances. In 1994, Democrats in New Jersey’s 11th district had a critical electoral crisis. Their candidate for Congress against Republican Rep. Dean Gallo (R-Parsippany) was supposed to be Daniel Tauriello,...

Sherrill warchest swells to $3.6 million after strong fundraising quarter

April 6, 2021 12:52 pmApril 6, 2021 1:59 pm

Rep. Mikie Sherrill (D-Montclair) has $3,606,174 cash-on-hand after raising a whopping $716,946 during the first three months of 2020. The North Jersey congresswoman’s massive warchest, boosted by a decision to bank money in her 2020 re-election bid, strengthens her expected...