Corzine

Gov. Jon Corzine was injured this evening in a two-car accident on the Garden State Parkway, the Trentonian is reporting.

The accident occured at approximately 6 p.m. near milemarker 43.5 in Galloway Township.

A spokesperson for the governor said Corzine's injuries are not life-threatening. A Corzine staffer says he has a broken femur.

A state trooper was reportedly hurt in the crash, but no further details are available.

The governor has been admitted to Camden's Cooper Hospital, according to news reports.

Gov. Jon Corzine endorsed Hillary Rodham Clinton for President today, along with Assembly Speaker Joseph Roberts, Reps. Rob Andrews and Frank Pallone, former Governors Brendan Byrne and Jim Florio, Democratic State Chairman Joseph Cryan, and six County Chairmen.

�She is someone who I know as a leader,� Corzine said. “And I hope the American people will recognize she is the most qualified person to be President of the United States.�

Assembly Speaker Joseph Roberts will endorse Hillary Rodham Clinton for President on Monday.  Clinton had phoned Roberts, one of the state's most powerful Democrats, several times in recent weeks -- including a long conversation on Wednesday.  Roberts told Clinton today that he would join Governor Jon Corzine at an endorsement rally in Elizabeth next week.  

Gov. Jon Corzine will endorse Hillary Rodham Clinton for the 2008 Democratic presidential nomination on Monday in Elizabeth.  Corzine is expected to be joined by a long list of Clinton supporters, including Reps. Frank Pallone and Rob Andrews.

Gov. Jon Corzine has appointed state Transportation Commissioner Kris Kolluri to serve as Chairman of the New Jersey Turnpike and South Jersey Transportation Authorities.  SJTA Chairman Frank Spencer has resigned to take a new post with the United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America.

NEWARK - Gov. Jon S. Corzine today said Rep. Donald M. Payne, who is serving his tenth term in the U.S. House of Representatives, has his unflagging support now, and in 2008.

George Geist will get another term as a Judge of the state Workers' Compensation Court, which effectively ends speculation that he would seek his old State Senate seat in 2007.

Gov. Jon Corzine reappointed the former Republican legislator last week.  Geist, who spent twelve years in the Legislature, lost his 4th district Senate seat in 2003 to Democrat Frederick Madden by a 43-vote margin. 

Geist had been recruited to run by a coalition of Republicans and public employee unions, but GOP insiders say he was never a serious contender for a comeback.