Ronald L. Rice (D-Newark) is the longest-serving Black legislator in New Jersey history and has made his mark as an advocate for social justice and civil rights. Rice was elected to the State Senate in a 1986 special election following...
As county chairs from both parties grow increasingly concerned over a federal lawsuit that seeks to end the practice of preferential ballot position for organization lines, a move to dump an incumbent lawmaker in Monmouth County could provide progressive plaintiffs...
Ronald L. Rice (D-Newark) is the longest-serving Black legislator in New Jersey history and has made his mark as an advocate for social justice and civil rights. Rice was elected to the State Senate in a 1986 special election following...
Thousands of new votes have come in from Essex County since Tuesday afternoon that could change the outcome of several key municipal races conducted entirely through vote-by-mail ballots, the New Jersey Globe has learned. In Montclair, where Sean Spiller led...
State Sen. Ronald Rice (D-Newark) said he opposed doing away with organizational lines for New Jersey’s primary elections Thursday. “The deal is not to take away our process. I think it works,” he said. “I think the deal is that...
Irvington Council President David Lyons, a six-term local official who once worked for baseball Hall of Famer Roy Campanella, died on August 13 after an illness. He was 69. Gov. Phil Murphy said that Lyons’ “leadership helped fuel the City’s...
Sandra R. Jones, an Irvington councilwoman for nearly seventeen years, passed away on March 21. She was 76. Jones began her political career in 1969 as a volunteer on Julian Robinson’s campaign for mayor of Jersey City against incumbent Thomas...