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New Jerseyans As Presidential Candidates

February 16, 2026 12:20 amFebruary 15, 2026 8:38 pm

Chris Christie’s disastrous 2024 presidential campaign — his one-state strategy failed miserably — keeps Woodrow Wilson’s record intact as the last Garden Stater to win the presidency. Two New Jerseyans ran in 2020: U.S. Senator Cory Booker withdrew on January...

New Jerseyans As Presidential Candidates

February 17, 2025 12:14 amFebruary 16, 2025 6:11 pm

Chris Christie’s disastrous 2024 presidential campaign — his one-state strategy failed miserably — keeps Woodrow Wilson’s record intact as the last Garden Stater to win the presidency. Two New Jerseyans ran in 2020: U.S. Senator Cory Booker withdrew on January...

Grover Cleveland won New Jersey three times

February 21, 2022 12:06 amFebruary 19, 2022 4:06 pm

The only president born in New Jersey was Grover Cleveland, whose bid for the White House came after he had been elected mayor of Buffalo and governor of New York. Born in Caldwell, Cleveland remains the only Essex County native...

Grover Cleveland won New Jersey three times

February 15, 2021 12:07 amFebruary 13, 2021 6:26 pm

The only president born in New Jersey was Grover Cleveland, whose bid for the White House came after he had been elected mayor of Buffalo and governor of New York. Born in Caldwell, Cleveland remains the only Essex County native...

Grover Cleveland won New Jersey three times

February 17, 2020 12:07 amFebruary 16, 2020 7:00 pm

The only president born in New Jersey was Grover Cleveland, whose bid for the White House came after he had been elected mayor of Buffalo and governor of New York. Born in Caldwell, Cleveland remains the only Essex County native...

Grover Cleveland won New Jersey three times

February 18, 2019 5:38 amFebruary 18, 2019 6:50 am

The only president born in New Jersey was Grover Cleveland, whose bid for the White House came after he had been elected mayor of Buffalo and governor of New York. Born in Caldwell, Cleveland remains the only Essex County native...

New Jersey’s bigamist congressman

November 30, 2018 11:29 am

When Andy Kim takes his seat in Congress in January, he will be the first Burlington County Democrat to serve in the House since Hezekiah Bradley Smith lost in 1880 after Republicans found evidence that the congressman was a bigamist....