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Edwin Doyle, scion of Hudson County political family, dies at 75

June 18, 2019 9:08 am

Edwin Doyle, a former Kearny councilman who served on the Hackensack Meadowlands Development Commission, died on June 16. He was 75. He was elected councilman in the early 1970s when he was in his twenties. His father had also served...

Murphy job approvals about where Christie was at same point

June 17, 2019 9:13 amJune 17, 2019 9:22 am

As Gov. Phil Murphy approaches his mid-term election, his job approvals — 42%-32% in a new Fairleigh Dickinson University poll — are similar to those of his predecessor, Chris Christie, in June. Christie was at 44%-37% in a June 21,...

Bill Hodas, ex-mayor, municipal chair for 43 years, dies

May 30, 2019 1:36 pmMay 30, 2019 1:37 pm

Bill Hodas, a Democrat who served as mayor of Franklin in Sussex County for sixteen years and held appointed state posts under five governors, died on May 28. He was 92. Hodas was also one of the longest-serving municipal chairs...

Norcross can’t take Murphy in primary, but could cost him re-election

May 13, 2019 12:56 amMay 13, 2019 11:23 am

New Jersey is one of the bluest states in the nation, but Democrats have not re-elected a governor in 42 years — sometimes because they eat their young. After just sixteen months in office, Phil Murphy finds himself in the...

John Farmer, legendary New Jersey journalist, dies at 89

May 10, 2019 9:34 amMay 10, 2019 11:21 am

John Farmer, a journalist of extraordinary gravitas who covered national and state politics for more than 50 years, died on May 8. He was 89. Farmer started out as a local reporter for the Newark Evening News around 1955, first...

Donald Lan, former Secretary of State and gubernatorial candidate, dies at 88

May 1, 2019 10:01 amMay 1, 2019 8:14 pm

Donald P. Lan, a former New Jersey Secretary of State and a candidate for the 1981 Democratic nomination for governor, died on April 29. He was 88. A major player in New Jersey politics through the 1970’s, he was Gov....

Biden 1972 consultant worked on Dick Coffee for governor campaign in 1973

April 28, 2019 1:04 pmApril 29, 2019 2:00 pm

The first link between Joe Biden and New Jersey politics came a few months after he won a seat in the United States Senate. Biden was just 29 when he unseated incumbent J. Caleb Boggs, a two-term Republican Senator who...