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Democratic State Committeeman Paul Bontempo

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...

Former Assemblyman and Judge from Bergen dies

October 23, 2018 6:48 amOctober 22, 2018 11:03 pm

Robert E. Hamer, who served as an Assemblyman from Bergen County and as a Superior Court Judge, died on July 4. He was 88. The New Jersey Globe regrets missing his passing, as The (Bergen) Record surely does as well....

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...