Cleopatra Tucker Archives - New Jersey Globe

Jasey says she’s ‘definitely’ running again in reshaped district

May 19, 2022 5:21 pm

Assemblywoman Mila Jasey (D-South Orange), whose hometown was put into a very different district by the Legislative Apportionment Commission earlier this year, said today that she “definitely” intends on running for re-election in 2023. Jasey’s current 27th district is a...

Tucker calls Essex County legislative redistricting a ‘terrible mistake’

May 12, 2022 2:26 pm

Assemblywoman Cleopatra Tucker (D-Newark), whose district was one of several Essex County districts that was significantly redrawn during this year’s legislative reapportionment process, expressed her strong disapproval of the new map today. “I think they made a terrible mistake,” Tucker...

Caputo plans to run again in 2023

March 24, 2022 4:26 pmMarch 24, 2022 4:46 pm

Assemblyman Ralph Caputo (D-Nutley), whose Essex County district was significantly reshaped in this year’s redistricting process, said today that he “absolutely” intends on running for re-election to the Assembly in 2023. A native of Nutley, Caputo was moved from the...

Trailblazer: N.J. VFW Commander Luddie Austin

January 17, 2022 12:00 amJanuary 16, 2022 5:43 pm

Luddie H. Austin, a former Trenton police sergeant and decorated New Jersey Army National Guard veteran has become the first Black to serve as State Commander of the New Jersey Veterans of Foreign Wars, in 2021. Austin served in the...

Rice, Caputo, Tucker win in the 28th district

November 2, 2021 8:01 pmDecember 17, 2021 4:31 pm

The New Jersey Globe is projecting that State Sen. Ronald Rice (D-Newark), Assemblyman Ralph Caputo (D-Nutley), and Assemblywoman Cleopatra Tucker (D-Newark) have won re-election to the 28th legislative district. They defeated Frank Contella, Anthony D’Angelo, and Monique Headen, respectively, for...

Marie Villani, Newark city councilwoman for 20 years, dies at 100

July 17, 2021 10:26 pmJuly 19, 2021 9:39 am

HMarie L. Villani, a six-term Newark City Councilwoman and the first woman to win a citywide election in the state’s largest city, died on July 13. She turned 100 on July 4. Villani was appointed to fill an at-large city...

N.J. VFW elects first Black state commander

June 21, 2021 9:04 amJanuary 16, 2022 5:41 pm

A former Trenton police sergeant and decorated New Jersey Army National Guard veteran has become the first Black to serve as State Commander of the New Jersey Veterans of Foreign Wars. Luddie H. Austin, 51, served in the National Guard...