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The history of Albio Sires’ congressional district

December 21, 2021 11:16 am

The congressional seat that Rep. Albio Sires will vacate next year has been in Democratic hands since another West York congressman, freshman Republican Rep. Vincent Dellay, switched parties in late 1957. This will be the first open seat contest in...

Cardinale will be one of many notables buried at Englewood cemetery

February 21, 2021 3:09 pm

Gerald Cardinale, who served more years in the New Jersey legislature than any other Republican in state history, will be buried among some other political elites at the Brookside Cemetery in Englewood. Also buried at Brookside: * Dwight W. Morrow,...

The best party switching story ever

January 28, 2019 9:45 pmJanuary 29, 2019 2:47 am

It should come as no surprise to New Jerseyans that the greatest party switching story comes out of Hudson County. In 1954, ten-term Rep. Edward Hart (D-Jersey City) gave up his congressional seat so that he could get an appointment...