William Ozzard Archives - New Jersey Globe

Somerset hasn’t elected a Democratic state senator since 1902

August 30, 2021 11:17 am

Somerset County had been a Republican bulwark in New Jersey politics for as long as anyone has been alive, but the retirement of Kip Bateman gives Democrats a chance, if not an edge, to win their first State Senate election...

Onetime N.J. GOP leader dies of Covid after being exposed to someone who refused vaccination

August 4, 2021 8:29 amAugust 4, 2021 8:54 am

Clark R. Allen, the founder of the Clinton First Aid and Rescue Squad and a major player in New Jersey Republican politics in the 1960s, died of complications related to COVID-19 after exposure to someone who declined to be vaccinated....

Dan Todd, former assemblyman, brother of governor, dies at 82

June 4, 2021 2:23 pmJune 4, 2021 2:37 pm

Webster B. Todd, Jr., a former assemblyman, Nixon White House aide, and the brother of former Gov. Christine Todd Whitman, has died. He was 82. Known as Dan Todd, he was a member of one of New Jersey’s most prominent...

Last time Somerset Democrats won a State Senate seat was 1902

February 2, 2021 11:39 am

Somerset County had been a Republican bulwark in New Jersey politics for as long as anyone has been alive, but the retirement of Kip Bateman gives Democrats a chance, if not an edge, to win their first State Senate election...