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How Sacco got to the N.J. Senate

February 24, 2022 9:02 am

When Nicholas Sacco decided he wanted the 32nd district Senate seat nearly 30 years ago, two years after he became Mayor of North Bergen, he just took it. The incumbent in 1993 was Thomas Cowan of the Operating Engineers union,...

The bar is set low for this new assemblyman from Bayonne

January 11, 2022 12:02 amJanuary 11, 2022 10:37 am

If William B. Sampson IV can find Trenton by noon on Tuesday, he will already have exceeded expectations. Not since Patrick Pasculli (D-Bayonne) graced the halls of the statehouse in the late 1970s and sponsored a bill on his first...

James Dugan, former senator and Dem state chairman, dies at 92

December 12, 2021 3:28 pmDecember 12, 2021 7:16 pm

James P. Dugan, a former New Jersey Democratic State Chairman and state senator from Bayonne who was once among New Jersey’s most powerful political insiders, died on Sunday. He was 92 and had been in failing health. Dugan, who represented...

Frank Perrucci, labor leader and Hudson political insider, dies at 91

December 29, 2018 10:35 amJanuary 9, 2022 8:20 pm

Frank Perrucci, a labor leader and Hudson County political insider, died on December 27. He was 91. Perrucci spent twelve years as the president of the Laborer’s International Union Local 202, and was at trustee of both the Hudson County...

Hugin tentatively supports Kavanaugh

October 4, 2018 9:10 pmOctober 6, 2018 4:37 pm

Bob Hugin offered tentative supported for U.S. Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh’s nomination Thursday night, though he said that could change if the results of the FBI investigation, which has not been released to the public and which Hugin has...

How Sacco got to the Senate

March 12, 2018 5:16 amFebruary 23, 2022 11:21 pm

When Nicholas Sacco decided he wanted the 32nd district Senate seat in 1993, two years after he became Mayor of North Bergen, he just took it. That’s the kind of clout a North Bergen mayor has in that legislative district....

In Hudson, it’s not a war, it’s a warette

March 9, 2018 10:41 amMarch 10, 2018 3:04 pm

If you’ve seen a Hudson County political war, you’ll know the fight to dump Hudson County Executive Tom DeGise isn’t one of them – at least right now. It’s really just a warette. The last real war was in 1987. ...