Tag: Kim Guadagno
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Murphy Unveils Official Portrait of Former Lieutenant Governor Kim Guadagno
Governor Murphy, joined by former Governor Christie and Lieutenant Governor Way, today unveiled the official portrait of former Lieutenant Governor Kim Guadagno, which will be displayed permanently in the New Jersey State House. The ceremony included former Lieutenant Governor Guadagno, as well as her family, friends, and former staffers. In August 2023, following the passing…
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Time Ticking on Debt Ceiling
New Jersey Democratic members of Congress have blasted US House Republicans for playing a game of brinksmanship with the US debt ceiling, while millions of New Jersey residents stand to be impacted by an economic downturn expected to follow a default. President Joe Biden had said that the US is not a “deadbeat” country and…
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The Crux of Somerset County in the Aftermath of Ida, and the Era of Bateman
Unaffected, approachable, gracefully silver-haired and sedately affable, state Senator Kip Bateman (R-16) went table to table in the Time to Eat Diner in Bridgewater at the side of then-Republican nominee for Governor Kim Guadagno and, at one point, grasped the hand of a fiercely grinning voter. “Somerset County’s Republican,” the voter barked at the…
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Ciattarelli Tries to Negotiate the Trump Hate Fever
Even as our nation’s capital remains stuck in the post January 6 dysfunction of a failed insurrection that lingers on in GOP obstructionism, there are signs that the anti-immigrant racism that Donald Trump used to mobilize his troops is running out of steam. Four years ago, the Trump induced hate fever, that put migrant children…
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Ciattarelli Picks Former Senator Allen as His Running Mate
A senior adviser to the Ciattarelli for Governor campaign today confirmed that former state Senator Diane Allen of Edgewater Park will be Jack Ciattarelli’s pick for Lieutenant Governor. A former television news anchor who grew up in Moorestown, Allen served in the state senate from 1998 to 2018, representing the 7th Legislative District. She served…
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The Other Crisis: NJ Ranks 5th in the COVID Spike in Hungry Kids
As we mark the one-year mark of the pandemic and a half million lost to COVID, with close to 30 million infected with the life-threatening virus that’s known to linger, there’s an urge to get euphoric with reports that deaths and infections are declining. At his Feb. 8 press briefing NJ.com reported New Jersey Gov.…
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Levine Forming Exploratory Committee to Again Run for Governor
Brian Levine, the former Somerset County Freeholder and former Mayor of Franklin Twp., has decided to form an exploratory committee to examine the efficacy of a run for governor this year in the Republican Primary. First elected to the freeholder board in 2014, the moderate Levine at that time gave his party a countywide win…
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Damned if Trump Does, Damned if Trump Doesn’t
Spanning the Delaware River is the Lower Trenton Bridge. Emblazoned on it is the phrase, “Trenton Makes the World Takes” and this bridge, which reaches from New Jersey to Pennsylvania, may have a message for aspiring New Jersey governors who look beyond the Garden State, if they can play their cards right. If “world” is swapped for…
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Insider NJ Key Must-Read Pieces: Week of the Norcross Testimony And League
From the committee rooms of the Statehouse to the convention hall in Morris County, from Atlantic City to Jersey City, here are the Insider NJ key must-read pieces from the past week. Insider NJ’s 2019 Insider 100: Power Publication Even in the worst circumstances in our impaired system of government, campaigns and elections condition power,…
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Phil Murphy is No Jon Corzine
In the New Jersey general gubernatorial election of 2017, I strongly supported the Republican candidate, Lieutenant Governor Kim Guadagno against the eventual winner, Democrat former Ambassador to Germany Phil Murphy. Kim ran an excellent campaign, and I am proud of my friendship with her. There was no way, however, that she would be able to…