Ever since Senator Jon S. Corzine won the bitter race for Governor of New Jersey earlier this month, a political pall hanging over the state has started to lift. Gone are the sharp-toothed campaign ads and the slanderous whispers. The cacophony of anger and intrigue—most notably from Joanne Corzine, the Governor-elect’s ex-wife—has calmed.
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Ever since Senator Jon S. Corzine won the bitter race for Governor of New Jersey earlier this month, a political pall hanging over the state has started to lift. Gone are the sharp-toothed campaign ads and the slanderous whispers. The cacophony of anger and intrigue—most notably from Joanne Corzine, the Governor-elect’s ex-wife—has calmed.
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When New Jersey polling stations closed at 8 p.m., Democratic gubernatorial candidate Jon Corzine was relaxing upstairs at the East Brunswick Hilton, tucked away in a suite with his mother, brother and three children. Below, the hotel’s grand ballroom began to swell with elected officials, campaign operatives and assorted well-wishers, all of them confident.
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Jessica Lappin, a candidate for City Council from the Upper East Side, has no problem explaining the difference between her candidacy and that of her opponent, Joel Zinberg.
“I’m a Democrat. I mean, that’s sort of the most obvious difference between us,” she said. “He’s a Republican, and I’m proud to be a Democrat, and Read More
Jessica Lappin, a candidate for City Council from the Upper East Side, has no problem explaining the difference between her candidacy and that of her opponent, Joel Zinberg.
“I’m a Democrat. I mean, that’s sort of the most obvious difference between us,” she said. “He’s a Republican, and I’m proud to be a Democrat, and Read More
“I stand now at the threshold of having fulfilled a commitment that I made somewhere in 1987, that there was someone who would make a great Mayor: Fernando Ferrer,” said Roberto Ramirez, the onetime boss of the Bronx, breaking pieces off a toasted blueberry muffin with manicured fingers, careful to avoid dropping crumbs on his Read More
“I stand now at the threshold of having fulfilled a commitment that I made somewhere in 1987, that there was someone who would make a great Mayor: Fernando Ferrer,” said Roberto Ramirez, the onetime boss of the Bronx, breaking pieces off a toasted blueberry muffin with manicured fingers, careful to avoid dropping crumbs on his Read More
Last month, Steven Rattner, the multimillionaire financier, former New York Times reporter and Democratic fund-raiser, turned heads—and raised more than a few hackles—when he took charge of Democrats for Bloomberg, the incumbent Mayor’s aisle-crossing outreach committee. Mr. Rattner’s role was unveiled less than 14 hours after the polls closed on a lackluster Democratic primary, and Read More
Last Sunday, Senator Jon S. Corzine, the former Goldman Sachs chairman and current Garden State gubernatorial hopeful, was waiting backstage at the Oskar Schindler Performing Arts Center in West Orange, N.J. Sharply attired in charcoal banker’s pinstripes, he was battling a cold with lozenges and preparing to rally support from an audience of local Democrats. Read More
David Lindsley is a 20-year-old sophomore and New Orleans native who has landed, practically overnight, at New York University.
On Friday evening, Mr. Lindsley was sitting in an auditorium at N.Y.U., attending a special orientation session for students displaced by Hurricane Katrina. He was there with his girlfriend, Lilly Pax, 21, a junior. Together, they Read More
