Salvatore Bontempo Archives - New Jersey Globe

Happy 101st Birthday, Congressman Frank Guarini

August 20, 2025 12:00 amAugust 21, 2025 11:22 am

Frank J. Guarini, Jr., who served as a congressman from a Hudson County district for fourteen years, celebrates his 101st birthday today. The Jersey City Democrat is the oldest living former congressman from New Jersey, the oldest living former statewide...

Like his father, Bontempo thinks state chairman is the Governor’s choice

November 20, 2019 7:09 pmNovember 21, 2019 11:39 am

Paul Bontempo is the longest-serving Democratic State Committee member in New Jersey history. He was 26 when he was elected to represent Morris County in 1977, back in the days when each county had two seats. He’s been there for...

Brendan Byrne (1924-2018)

January 4, 2018 8:51 pmJanuary 23, 2021 2:53 pm

The first time Brendan Byrne made an in-print list of potential candidates for Governor of New Jersey was about a month after Richard Nixon’s landslide re-election in the 1972 presidential race. Watergate wasn’t really a thing yet, but Democrats sensed...