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GOP leader Sue Tisiker dies at 78

January 13, 2022 10:51 pmJanuary 14, 2022 8:57 am

Susan Tisiker, a hugely influential and popular player in New Jersey politics for more than 40 years, died on Thursday. She was 78. Tisiker has spent the last two decades as chief of staff to State Sen. Samuel Thompson (R-Old...

The special for John Lewis’ seat, and some NJ political history

December 1, 2020 9:49 amMay 23, 2021 10:31 pm

Georgia voters go to the polls today to elect a short-term replacement for John Lewis, a legendary civil rights leader and 17-term congressman who died in July. The winner of the special election runoff will serve until January 3, when...

Andre Gruber, Middlesex GOP chairman in 1970s, dies at 84

February 21, 2020 4:55 amFebruary 23, 2020 12:13 pm

Editor’s note: the White House briefing memos at the end of this obituary are a must-read for political junkies. Andre Gruber, who served as the Middlesex County Republican Chairman from 1974 to 1978, died on February 18. He was 84....

GOP raising money off Jeffrey Dye storm

August 21, 2019 10:05 am

New Jersey Republicans are fundraising off Gov. Phil Murphy’s controversial hiring of Passaic NAACP president Jeffrey Dye, who lost his state job yesterday after making anti-Semitic and anti-Latino comments on his Facebook page. “This Murphy Administration has been plagued with...

Renny Travisano, former Middlesex county clerk, dies at 82

June 9, 2019 1:53 pmJune 9, 2019 9:07 pm

Raniero Travisano, a popular Sayreville Democrat who served one term as Middlesex County Clerk before losing in the 1990 anti-Florio protest election, died on June 8. He was 82. Travisano was a junior high school teacher and guidance counselor when...