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Robert Klein, LBJ White House speechwriter, top aide to Gov. Hughes, dies at 89

March 7, 2020   5:46 pmMarch 7, 2020   6:50 pm
Robert R. Klein, a former White House aide during the administration of President Lyndon B. Johnson, and a top aide to the Governor of New Jersey, died on March 3.  He was 89. Klein served as an assistant and speechwriter...
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Rep. Josh Gottheimer

Six Bergen Democratic legislators endorse Gottheimer

March 3, 2020   5:00 pmMarch 3, 2020   6:19 pm
Democratic legislators representing two Bergen County districts have endorsed Rep. Josh Gottheimer for re-nomination in the Democratic primary against Glen Rock councilwoman Arati Kreibich. The six Democrats – Senate Majority Leader Loretta Weinberg (D-Teaneck), State Sen. Joseph Lagana (D-Paramus), Assembly...
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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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Van Drew breaks with GOP, supports lifting of ERA ratification deadline

February 13, 2020   11:22 amFebruary 13, 2020   11:57 am
Party-switching Rep. Jeff Van Drew (R-Dennis) voted with House Democrats today to remove the deadline to ratify the Equal Rights Amendment, becoming just one of five Republicans to support the bill. While still a Democrat, Van Drew became a co-sponsor...
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Trailblazer: Mayor Kenneth Gibson

January 20, 2020   12:52 amJanuary 20, 2020   9:05 am
Kenneth Gibson (1932-2019)  became the first African American to serve as mayor of a major northeastern city when he ousted two-term incumbent Hugh Addonizio in 1970. Gibson had served as an engineer for the New Jersey Highway Department and as...
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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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The fall of Harry Lerner

July 22, 2019   3:40 amJuly 24, 2019   8:33 pm
When longtime Essex County Democratic boss Dennis Carey retired for health reasons in 1968, County Treasurer Harry Lerner faced Hugh Addonizio, the two-term Mayor of Newark and a former seven-term congressman, for the post. Lerner, who had lost a race...
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