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Trailblazer: Senator Ronald Rice

January 17, 2022 12:16 amJanuary 16, 2022 10:17 pm

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...

Does Monmouth GOP risk DiMaso joining lawsuit to end organization lines?

February 8, 2021 12:41 amJune 7, 2021 7:17 pm

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...

Trailblazer: Senator Ronald Rice

January 18, 2021 12:25 amJune 8, 2021 4:08 pm

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...

Huge number of new ballots hit Essex County today

May 13, 2020 11:00 pmMay 15, 2020 9:03 am

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...

Rice opposes eliminating organizational lines

February 13, 2020 4:47 pmFebruary 13, 2020 5:48 pm

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...

David Lyons, longtime Irvington councilman, dies at 69

August 17, 2019 4:18 pm

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...

Sandy Jones, Irvington councilwoman, dies at 76

March 22, 2019 10:58 amMarch 22, 2019 2:33 pm

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...