Tulsi Gabbard Archives - New Jersey Globe

Gabbard, RFK Jr. pass muster in Senate over objections from Kim, Booker

February 13, 2025 12:48 pmFebruary 13, 2025 2:02 pm

Two of President Donald Trump’s most controversial Cabinet nominations, Tulsi Gabbard for Director of National Intelligence and Robert F. Kennedy Jr. for Health and Human Services Secretary, were both approved by the Senate this week, with New Jersey Senators Andy...

New Jersey man who ran for Congress in Hawaii, Oregon pleads guilty to threatening judges, others

May 17, 2022 8:04 pm

Eric Hafner, a Toms River medical marijuana advocate who lost a Republican primary for Congress in Hawaii in 2016 and a Democratic primary for Congress in Oregon in 2018, admitted to threatening judges, New Jersey state officials, law enforcement officers,...

Biden wins Burlington Dem vote

March 6, 2020 11:00 amMarch 6, 2020 2:23 pm

Burlington County Democrats voted overwhelmingly to back Joe Biden for president on Thursday evening. Biden defeated Bernie Sanders with 74% of the vote, 98 to 34. One delegate voted not to endorse anyone. The vote was non-binding, since party bylaws...

Princeton Democrats vote for Warren, followed by Klobuchar, Bloomberg

February 17, 2020 7:59 pm

Elizabeth Warren won a Princeton Community Democratic Organization (PCDO) straw poll on Sunday evening, beating out Amy Klobuchar and Michael Bloomberg in a vote that utilizing ranked choices to pick a winner. Democrats in one of New Jersey’s marquis progressive...

Cryan holding Democratic presidential forum — and straw vote

February 17, 2020 7:27 pmFebruary 17, 2020 7:28 pm

State Sen. Joseph Cryan is holding a presidential candidates forum next week and is bringing in voting machines to allow attendees to vote at an event sponsored by the Union Township Democratic Party. Representatives of six candidates – Joe Biden,...

Payne misses ERA vote, then tweets about passage

February 13, 2020 12:49 pmFebruary 13, 2020 12:52 pm

Rep. Donald Payne, Jr. (D-Newark) was a no-show on the House floor this morning for a vote to remove the deadline to ratify the Equal Rights Amendment, even though he co-sponsored the bill. After not voting, Payne tweeted that the...

Sanders leads Biden in Monmouth national poll

February 11, 2020 11:00 amFebruary 11, 2020 9:16 am

Bernie Sanders has a 26%-16% lead over Joe Biden among Democrats nationally, but 66% of Americans think Donald Trump will win re-election to a second term, according to a Monmouth University Poll released this morning. A majority of voters (55%)...