Carlos Rendo Archives - New Jersey Globe

Trailblazer: Lt. Governor Sheila Y. Oliver

January 19, 2026 12:15 amJanuary 18, 2026 8:58 pm

Sheila Oliver was New Jersey’s trailblazing two-term lieutenant governor who became the first woman of color to serve as Assembly Speaker and the first to win a statewide election, spent 27 years in public office as a fierce advocate for...

Rendo ends bid for State Assembly seat, endorses Auth and Azzariti

February 22, 2025 5:52 pm

Citing a need for party unity, Woodcliff Lake Mayor Carlos Rendo has dropped his bid for the Republican nomination for State Assembly in the 39th district, endorsing the two incumbents. Rendo’s withdrawal sets up a three-way primary between Assemblymen Bob...

Republican drops primary bid, endorses Auth, Azzariti

February 14, 2025 2:57 pmFebruary 14, 2025 3:00 pm

Saddle River Councilman Jon Kurpis today dropped out of the Republican primary for State Assembly in the 39th district and endorsed the two incumbents in an increasingly crowded field. Kurpis said he analyzed over 5,400 pieces of legislation and said,...

Carlos Rendo joins Assembly race in 39th district

February 14, 2025 6:07 amFebruary 14, 2025 6:48 pm

Woodcliff Lake Mayor Carlos Rendo, the Republican nominee for lieutenant governor in 2017, told the New Jersey Globe that he will run for State Assembly in the 39th district GOP primary. Rendo will seek the endorsement of the Bergen County...

Trailblazer: Lt. Governor Sheila Y. Oliver

January 20, 2025 12:33 amJanuary 19, 2025 9:30 pm

Sheila Oliver was New Jersey’s trailblazing two-term lieutenant governor who became the first woman of color to serve as Assembly Speaker and the first to win a statewide election, spent 27 years in public office as a fierce advocate for...

Trailblazer: Sheila Y. Oliver

January 15, 2024 12:19 amJanuary 14, 2024 4:47 pm

Sheila Oliver was New Jersey’s trailblazing two-term lieutenant governor who became the first woman of color to serve as Assembly Speaker and the first to win a statewide election, spent 27 years in public office as a fierce advocate for...

Trailblazer: Lt. Governor Sheila Oliver

January 16, 2023 12:16 amJanuary 16, 2023 9:23 am

Sheila Oliver is the first Black to serve as Lieutenant Governor of New Jersey, the first Black woman to win a statewide election in New Jersey, and was the first Black woman to serve as Speaker of the New Jersey...