Dick Codey

January 9, 2006 - 9:17pm
PRESS RELEASE

News From Assembly Speaker Albio Sires

SIRES MEASURE TO CLARIFY DEFINITION OF 'ACTING GOVERNOR' GAINS FINAL HOUSE APPROVAL

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December 4, 2005 - 3:00am

THE CHALLENGES OF TOM KEAN, JR.

by David P. Rebovich

For several months some ranking Democrats in New Jersey have been tripping over themselves trying to convince Jon Corzine to name them as his replacement in the United States Senate if he was elected Governor. The Governor-elect will apparently make his much anticipated announcement this week, perhaps hoping to end rumors that he has trouble finding an appropriate successor. In the meantime, it seems that New Jersey's Republicans, normally a fractious bunch, have already settled on Tom Kean, Jr., the state Senator from Union County, as their U.S. Senate candidate for 2006.

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November 27, 2005 - 2:05am

CORZINE AND THE UNAFFORDABILITY AGENDA

by David P. Rebovich

Doug Forrester ran a desperate one that featured an uncomplimentary quote from the former Mrs. Jon Corzine about her ex-husband's character. Corzine had a highly emotional one in which a quadriplegic declared that Forrester doesn't care about people like him. Loyalists in both campaigns, along with many editors, reporters, and average citizens, rated these as the two worst ads in the governor's race. But just a few weeks after the most expensive gubernatorial campaigns in the state's history, and the one with the lowest voter turnout, it seems that the worst ads were actually the positive ones run by both camps.

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November 22, 2005 - 1:05pm
PRESS RELEASE

NJGOP Chairman Tom Wilson

CORZINE & DEMS: POLITICAL BOSSES AND POLLSTERS WILL PICK NEXT SENATOR
--Voter Reports Receiving Call Loaded with Negative Questions on Possible Successors--
--GOP Says Corzine Should Recognize that Seat belongs to Voters, Not Democratic Party--

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