William Cahill Archives - New Jersey Globe

Trailblazer: Justice James J. Coleman

January 18, 2021 12:05 amJanuary 16, 2021 10:36 pm

James H. Coleman, Jr., 85, the son of a sharecropper who was forced to attend racially segregated public schools in Lawrenceville, was the first Black to serve on the New Jersey Supreme Court. Coleman joined the New Jersey Department of...

Dr. Joseph Riley, former Cumberland Democratic Chairman and Freeholder, dies at 87

December 30, 2020 9:54 amDecember 30, 2020 2:25 pm

Dr. Joseph J. Riley, a popular and respected Cumberland County political leader, died on December 10. He was 87. Riley was the father of Celeste Riley, the Cumberland County Clerk and a former assemblywoman from the 3rd legislative district. His...

Warren County has produced five nominees for statewide office

December 21, 2020 12:01 amDecember 21, 2020 1:32 pm

Warren may be the third-smallest county in New Jersey, but it has generated an outsized number of statewide candidates. The latest in Doug Steinhardt, a former mayor of Lopatcong who is seeking the Republican nomination for governor. The last governor...

New Jersey tends to elect a new governor in the year a new president takes office

December 9, 2020 1:04 pmDecember 9, 2020 7:25 pm

Newly elected presidents are almost always followed by new governors of New Jersey. Since 1953, ten new presidents saw New Jersey elect a new governor in their inauguration year, and the president saw a governor of the opposite political party...

Mehta breaks Case record for most votes ever received by a New Jersey Republican

November 17, 2020 12:31 pmNovember 17, 2020 7:18 pm

Republican Rik Mehta has set the record for the most votes ever received by a Republican statewide candidate in New Jersey after he passed Clifford P. Case on Monday. Mehta is currently at 1,745,013 votes statewide, with more ballots still...

Booker sets record for most statewide votes in N.J. history

November 11, 2020 2:11 pmNovember 11, 2020 4:50 pm

U.S. Senator Cory Booker has already set a record for the greatest number of votes ever received by a statewide candidate in New Jersey. Booker has already passed the 2.2 million mark, with another 500,000 votes still uncounted across the...

Labor Leader: Vincent J. Murphy was NJ AFL-CIO president, two-term Mayor of Newark

September 7, 2020 12:02 amSeptember 6, 2020 12:24 am

One of the most influential labor leaders in New Jersey history was Vincent J. Murphy (1893-1976), who spent nine years as the president of the New Jersey AFL-CIO after two terms as the Mayor of Newark. He was the Democratic...