Sharpe James Archives - New Jersey Globe

Bradley vs. Gore in NJ: what the polls said

September 19, 2019 12:59 amSeptember 19, 2019 10:06 am

When Bill Bradley ran for president in 2000, some of the New Jersey Democratic establishment supported Al Gore — most remained neutral — but among rank-and-file home state Democratic primary voters, Bradley had the lead. In a September 1999 Quinnipiac...

Anthony Carrino, seven-term Newark councilman, dies

July 14, 2019 2:26 pmJuly 15, 2019 8:46 am

Legendary Newark politician Anthony Carrino, a former Newark police officer who represented the North Ward on the city council for 28 years, has passed away. Carrino was one of Newark Mayor Kenneth Gibson’s fiercest opponents during the twelve years that...

Booker kicks off ‘Justice for All’ tour in Newark

April 13, 2019 12:35 am

New Jersey’s Cory Booker will kickoff his campaign for the Democratic presidential nomination this morning with a rally in his hometown of Newark. Booker’s White House bid comes two decades after he began his political career as a candidate for...

Pearl Beatty, former Essex freeholder, dies at 83

April 3, 2019 10:31 amApril 3, 2019 11:15 am

Pearl Beatty, a legendary veteran of Newark politics and a former Essex County freeholder, died on Tuesday. She was 83. Her death comes four days after her longtime political ally, former Newark mayor Kenneth Gibson, passed away. Beatty was elected...

Massive number of voters sign Nick Sacco petitions

March 8, 2019 12:53 pmMarch 9, 2019 1:07 am

In an extraordinarily impressive show of grass roots support, North Bergen mayor Nicholas Sacco collected 10,492 signatures on his nominating petitions to run for re-election in the May non-partisan elections. Sacco got about 2,000 more signatures than he did votes...

David Rothschild, 94, was Eugene McCarthy delegate in NJ

March 2, 2019 4:48 pm

David Rothschild, a former Millburn Democratic municipal chairman and a delegate to the 1968 Democratic National Convention pledged to Eugene McCarthy, died on March 1. He was 94. McCarthy won nineteen district delegate seats in New Jersey in the June...

The time Christie put himself in Booker vs. James race

February 1, 2019 2:20 pm

When then-city councilman Cory Booker challenged Newark Mayor Sharpe James in 2002, the U.S. Attorney at the time, Chris Christie, insinuated himself into the campaign by sending federal prosecutors in to monitor the May 12 election – and holding an...