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New Jersey Republican State Committee (NJGOP) Chairman Michael Lavery is backing Bob Hugin to be his successor, a move which could avoid a bloody intra-party political battle for control of the organization. "I am happy to endorse Bob Hugin to be my successor as Chairman of the New Jersey Republi
Gov. Phil Murphy is hoping to shake off a curse that has gripped the Democratic Party for more than 40 years.
As the general election begins in earnest Wednesday, odds are in Murphy s favor to become the first Democrat to win a second term as governor since Brendan T. Byrne in 1977.
This is Murphy s race to lose. He begins with a 26-point lead in the first head-to-head poll and with a sizable 2-to-1 advantage in Democratic Party registration. And he emerged from relative anonymity in 2017 to become a generally well-regard crisis commander of the COVID-19 pandemic with notable caveats.
The governor s job approval rating in the stratosphere at the height of the pandemic has come back down to earth over the past month. Still, it remains strong. And, of course, he has the distinct advantage of not being a member of a party that remains mesmerized by Trump, who is broadly unpopular in New Jersey.
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From Cold Peace to Hot War – The Future of New Jersey Politics and a Political Opera in Three Acts By Bertin Lefkovic | June 3, 2021, 10:42 pm | in Columnist
The Overture – 2021
It is amazing what a simple thing like a global pandemic can do to bring people together. This time two years ago, Governor Phil Murphy was being threatened with a 2021 gubernatorial primary election challenge and the North Jersey and South Jersey factions were poised for a major proxy war over the Chairmanship of the New Jersey Democratic State Committee, a political organization that has very little real power in the realm of New Jersey politics, especially compared to the various county party organizations, particularly those with the largest populations and greatest concentrations of Democratic voters; Bergen, Camden, Essex, Hudson, Middlesex, Union, and Passaic.