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Democrat who ran against Kean grandfather 67 years ago voting for Malinowski

April 18, 2019 1:49 pmApril 18, 2019 11:26 pm

Martin S. Fox was 28-years-old in 1952 when he challenged Rep. Robert W. Kean (R-Livingston) in a race for Congress. Now 94 and New Jersey’s longest living congressional candidate, the Millburn resident said he expects to vote for Rep. Tom...

Rice got it wrong: Union County elected their first black county chairman in 1977

April 18, 2019 9:35 amApril 18, 2019 11:00 am

State Sen. Ronald Rice (D-Newark) had his facts wrong yesterday when he told InsiderNJ that Jerry Green was the first black Union County Democratic chairman. That happened 42 years ago. Donald Lan was stepping down as county chairman in 1977...

Orin Kramer is now a Pete Buttigieg fundraiser

April 18, 2019 12:23 amApril 18, 2019 11:02 am

Orin Kramer, once an influential New Jersey Democratic insider dubbed the “King of the New York Obamasaurs” as a major bundler for Barack Obama’s 2008 bid for the presidency, is now helping South Bend mayor Pete Buttigieg raise money for...

Tom Byrne warchest at $1.3 million

April 15, 2019 12:05 amApril 15, 2019 1:04 pm

After Frank Lautenberg cited the rigors of fundraising as the reason for his February 1999 announcement that he would not seek re-election to a fourth term in the United States Senate, former New Jersey Democratic State chairman Tom Byrne was...

Thomas Gagliano, former Senate minority leader, dies at 87

April 14, 2019 12:09 pmApril 15, 2019 12:13 pm

Former New Jersey Senate Minority Leader S. Thomas Gagliano, a popular and respected legislator who served as executive director of New Jersey Transit, died on Saturday night. He was 87. A fixture in Monmouth County politics for seven decades, Gagliano...

Civil rights leader Sally Carroll dies

April 3, 2019 2:41 pmApril 3, 2019 4:28 pm

Sally Carroll, who became one of the first black women to serve as a Newark police officer in the 1940s, passed away on April 1. Carroll’s involvement with the Newark NAACP lasted more than 50 years, including a stint as...

The road to Parsippany Mayor Michael Soriano

April 1, 2019 12:15 amApril 1, 2019 1:14 pm

Decades of infighting among Parsippany Republicans led to Democratic mayors for 33 of the last 53 years in a solidly Republican town that once provided huge pluralities for GOP candidates running statewide and in Morris County. With intra-party quarrels on...

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Democrat who ran against Kean grandfather 67 years ago voting for Malinowski

Rice got it wrong: Union County elected their first black county chairman in 1977

Orin Kramer is now a Pete Buttigieg fundraiser

Tom Byrne warchest at $1.3 million

Thomas Gagliano, former Senate minority leader, dies at 87

Civil rights leader Sally Carroll dies

The road to Parsippany Mayor Michael Soriano

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