Richard Codey

Acting Governor Richard Codey says he will cut a radio advertisement in support of Jon Corzine's campaign for Governor on Tuesday. Codey made the announcement to a group of Democrats assembled Saturday morning at a local campaign headquarters in West Orange. The Codey ad comes a week after Doug Forrester began airing a TV spot featuring former Governor Thomas Kean.

Codey Signs Executive Order Creating Governor's Council on Mental Health Stigma

If Richard Codey winds up in the United States Senate three months from now, the succession of Assemblyman John McKeon, the Mayor of West Orange and a staunch Codey man, is virtually automatic. That would mean a special election convention to fill McKeon's 27th district Assembly seat, and Essex Democrats say the potential candidates include Essex County Surrogate Joseph Brennan, former Maplewood Mayor Ellen Davenport, Livingston Councilmen (and Democratic fundraiser) Leland Peyser, former West Orange Councilman Kevin Keough, Phil Alagia, the Chief of Staff to the County Executive, Maplewood Mayor Fred Profeta, and Bob Davidson, a mental health advocate and a Codey favorite.

CORZINE: FORRESTER PLAYING 'FAST AND LOOSE' WITH LIFE OR DEATH ISSUE
Joins Gov. Codey in hailing benefits of stem cell research, Blasts opponent for deceptive, dishonest 'spinning'

U.S. Senator and gubernatorial candidate Jon S. Corzine today joined Acting Governor Richard J. Codey and leading stem cell advocates in hailing the moral, health, and economic benefits promised by stem cell research.

The sudden closeness of the race for Governor suggests the possibility that there will be no appointment to the United States Senate, and that creates an interesting question: if Doug Forrester wins, will Jon Corzine, whose gubernatorial candidacy suggests he no longer wants to be a Senator, run for re-election to a second term?. if he does run, could a damaged goods Corzine lose that race too? And for those who truly enjoy hypotheticals: if Richard Codey decides he does want to be a U.S. Senator, could the long-awaited Corzine vs. Codey primary finally happen, just one year late?

New York Senator Charles Schumer, who took over the chairmanship of the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee from Jon Corzine after the '04 elections, has spoken with Acting Governor Richard Codey and asked him to consider running for the United States Senate next year, according to sources close to Codey. Schumer pulled Codey aside at an event last month commemorating the fourth anniversary of the September 11th terrorist attack and told him he should take a look at the Senate race.

BURZICHELLI COMMENDS CODEY'S SWIFT ACTION
ON COUNTER TERRORISM
Executive Order Mirrors Assemblyman's 2004 Bill Proposing Increased Autonomy
For State Office of Counter Terrorism

Codey Issues Executive Order Making Changes to Office of Counter-Terrorism

State Launches New Smart Growth Website

CODEY EXCITED DEVILS WILL REMAIN IN NEW JERSEY