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Richard Pucci, former Monroe mayor, dies at 78

May 13, 2025   7:55 pm
Richard Pucci, a Middlesex County Democratic stalwart who spent 28 years as mayor of Monroe Township, died today.  He was 78. He began his public service career in 1972 as Perth Amboy’s recreation director, and later as business administrator, while...
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New Jersey holds at 12 congressional seats

April 26, 2021   11:25 amApril 27, 2021   1:42 am
This story was updated at 3:29 PM and again at 3:38 PM. With a population of 9,288,994, New Jersey will remain at 12 congressional seats for the next decade following the 2020 U.S. Census, said Dr. Ron S. Jarmin, the...
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For primary challengers to incumbent House members, history isn’t on their side

April 20, 2020   5:59 pm
It happens every two years, when candidates like John Caramanna, Dennis Speed and Jeanne Martines emerge as self-proclaimed contenders for the U.S. House of Representatives in primaries against incumbents. With eight of New Jersey’s twelve House incumbents facing challengers in...
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In New Jersey, Nixon, Reagan landslides didn’t help GOP candidates

February 27, 2020   12:02 amFebruary 26, 2020   10:50 pm
Ronald Reagan carried New Jersey by 672,307 over Walter Mondale in 1984, 60%-39%, but his landslide win of the state’s sixteen electoral votes didn’t have much of an effect on the races for U.S. Senate and Congress. Democrat Bill Bradley...
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William J. Hamilton, former Assembly Speaker, dies at 86

October 12, 2019   4:28 pmOctober 13, 2019   3:11 pm
Former Assembly Speaker William J. Hamilton, Jr., a skilled legislator with a reputation for integrity and independence, died on Thursday.  He was 86. A product of John A. Lynch, Sr.’s New Brunswick political organization, Hamilton served six years in the...
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Donald Wernik, former Middlesex freeholder, Metuchen mayor, dies at 94

August 31, 2019   4:57 pmSeptember 1, 2019   5:50 pm
Donald J. Wernik, an All-State football star at Metuchen High School and World War II veteran who became a pharmacist, mayor of Metuchen and three-term Middlesex County Freeholder, died on Friday.  He was 94. Wernik began in politics in an...
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Renny Travisano, former Middlesex county clerk, dies at 82

June 9, 2019   1:53 pmJune 9, 2019   9:07 pm
Raniero Travisano, a popular Sayreville Democrat who served one term as Middlesex County Clerk before losing in the 1990 anti-Florio protest election, died on June 8.  He was 82. Travisano was a junior high school teacher and guidance counselor when...
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