Rodney Frelinghuysen Archives

Ex-Rudy Giuliani press secretary might run for Congress against Mikie Sherrill

September 27, 2019 10:07 amOctober 3, 2019 11:44 am

Former Chatham Township Mayor Curt Ritter is mulling a challenge to freshman Rep. Mikie Sherrill (D-Montclair) in New Jersey’s 11th district next year, the New Jersey Globe has learned. Several sources have confirmed that Ritter, a former press secretary to...

The history of special elections in the 25th district

September 26, 2019 6:55 amSeptember 26, 2019 12:00 pm

The November special election convention to fill the late Senator Anthony R. Bucco’s seat will be the third since the district was created for the 1973 election. That number could reach four, if Anthony M. Bucco gets the chance to...

Sweeney mulls quick swearing-in for Bucco

September 25, 2019 7:07 pmSeptember 26, 2019 1:23 am

Senate Democrats are considering swearing in Anthony M. Bucco immediately upon his election to the State Senate next month to highlight his decision to remain a candidate for an Assembly seat he has no intention of occupying, the New Jersey...

Monmouth poll to look at Trump impeachment effect on key NJ House seats

September 24, 2019 4:06 pm

The Monmouth University Polling Institute will release the results of a New Jersey poll on Wednesday that looks at how Democratic House members who flipped Republican seats in the 2018 mid-term elections might be impacted by a move to impeach...

Barbarula will run for Bucco Assembly seat, if there is one

September 24, 2019 1:50 pm

Republican John Barbarula says he wants to succeed Anthony M. Bucco (R-Boonton) as an assemblyman from the 25th district next year. “I will be seeking that position, but now there’s no position to seek,” Barbarula told the New Jersey Globe. ...

Both parties await Bucco’s decision

September 23, 2019 2:29 pmSeptember 24, 2019 10:22 am

One week has now passed since State Sen. Anthony R. Bucco (R-Boonton) died unexpectedly of a massive heart attack at age 81, and many Republicans – and Democrats – have transitioned beyond the mourning phase and into a demand for...

Senator Anthony Bucco dies at 81

September 16, 2019 9:14 pmSeptember 17, 2019 12:27 am

State Sen. Anthony R. Bucco, a Morris County Republican who has served in the New Jersey Senate since 1998, has died. He was 81. Bucco has been a fixture in politics for more than 40 years, since winning a seat...