George Norcross III is arguably the most influential Democratic party boss in South New Jersey. He also is the chief executive of Commerce National Insurance. He was involved in a physical confrontation with John Bennett, the former Acting Governor, and tried to intimidate him into convincing his colleagues to vote for a tax increase and stadium construction bill in committee. He was recently the subject of an investigation by the Courier Post paper from Cherry Hill, NJ, in which audio tapes are shown of Norcross claiming able to take down former governor McGreevy and governor-elect Corzine.