Jesse Jackson

February 4, 2008 - 10:40am

28 years ago, Teddy Kennedy swamped Jimmy Carter in New Jersey

U.S. Senator Edward Kennedy will be in New Jersey today, joining Barack Obama for a rally in a state that has become a horse race despite Hillary Clinton’s one-time 34-point lead.  The last two times New Jersey was relevant in the presidential nominating process were in 1980 and 1984.  In the 1980 primary, Kennedy won New Jersey 56%-38% over President Jimmy Carter.  In 1984, Walter Mondale won New Jersey by a 45%-30% margin over Gary Hart, with Jesse Jackson winning 24% of the vote.

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August 2, 2007 - 12:59pm

Rothman: Here I come to save the day

A “heated exchange” between two Congressman nearly led the two to “step outside” until New Jersey’s Steve Rothman saved the day.  Rothman asked “the two combatants” -- Jesse Jackson, Jr. and Lee Terry, to “head to separate corners to cool off. They did.”

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