Ronald Reagan Archives - New Jersey Globe

Christie: ‘Our party itself is in peril’

September 9, 2021 11:22 pmSeptember 21, 2021 1:06 pm

In a speech tonight at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library, former Gov. Chris Christie delivered a strong rebuke of former President Donald Trump and the conspiracy theories that have abounded since the 2020 election, though Christie was careful never to...

Labor Leader: Raymond Donovan, U.S. Secretary of Labor under Reagan

September 6, 2021 12:01 amSeptember 5, 2021 3:18 pm

Raymond J. Donovan, a New Jersey construction company executive, served as U.S. Secretary of Labor under President Ronald Reagan from 1981 to 1985. Donovan was the co-chairman of the New Jersey Reagan campaign in 1980. He and Reagan met in...

18 of 21 New Jersey counties have one-party control

August 27, 2021 4:34 pmAugust 28, 2021 8:12 am

In the counties that represent 95% of the state’s population, one political party controls every county office, and voters in 18 of New Jersey’s 21 counties have little electoral say beyond the primary election of the majority party – if...

Raymond Donovan, New Jerseyan who served as Reagan Labor Secretary, dies at 90

June 4, 2021 5:47 pmJune 5, 2021 9:13 pm

Raymond J. Donovan, a New Jersey construction company executive who served as U.S. Secretary of Labor under President Ronald Reagan, died on Wednesday of congestive heart failure at his home in New Vernon. He was 90. Donovan was the co-chairman...

Biden approvals in N.J. at 55% in new Monmouth poll

May 5, 2021 1:00 pmMay 5, 2021 1:04 pm

President Joe Biden has a job approval rating of 55%-39% in New Jersey, according to a Monmouth University poll released on Wednesday. Among registered voters, Biden is at 55%-40%. Biden has approvals of 93% among Democrats, but he’s upside-down among...

Key moment for Nixon was when 18 New Jersey Republicans bolted from Case

February 15, 2021 12:12 amFebruary 13, 2021 6:27 pm

For some time, presidential primaries in New Jersey where nothing more than beauty contests where the preferred candidate of a voter was deemed so unimportant that their names did not appear on the ballot. Instead, voters had to wrote in...

Englewood native George Schultz, former U.S. Secretary of State, dies at 100

February 7, 2021 1:34 pmFebruary 7, 2021 1:35 pm

George P. Schultz, a New Jerseyan who held four cabinet posts under two presidents, died on February 6. He was 100. Schultz grew up in Englewood, attending what is now called the Dwight-Englewood School and later Princeton University. He had...