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Labor Leader: George Norcross spent 16 years as South Jersey AFL-CIO president

September 6, 2021 12:08 amSeptember 4, 2021 3:41 pm

George E. Norcross (1928-1998), the father of a U.S. Congressman, the managing partner at a major New Jersey law firm, and the state’s most powerful Democratic powerbroker, spent his career as a labor leader. Norcross served as president of the...

Labor Leader: Paul J. Krebs, last president of NJ CIO served one-term in Congress

September 6, 2021 12:07 amSeptember 4, 2021 3:50 pm

The last New Jersey Democrat to lose a U.S. Senate race in New Jersey was Paul Krebs (1912-1996), labor leader and one-term congressman from Livingston. His story involves one of the great New Jersey labor union feuds. The account starts...

DNC bus tour backing Biden agenda ends in Cherry Hill

August 31, 2021 12:30 pmSeptember 2, 2021 8:44 am

New Jersey First Lady Tammy Murphy joined Democratic National Chairman Jaime Harrison and other officials as the DNC’s “”Build Back Better” bus tour ends with a stop in Cherry Hill on Tuesday. Democratic State Chairman LeRoy Jones, Jr, Rep. Donald...

Maitland departing Norcross staff, Cruz named as replacement

July 30, 2021 2:04 pm

After more than 10 years, Michael Maitland is leaving the staff of Rep. Donald Norcross (D-Camden) to take another position and will be replaced by Mary Campbell Cruz. Cruz, a longtime fixture in New Jersey politics, has spent the last...

HUD secretary visit, $35 million grant could prove electoral boon for Carstarphen

June 2, 2021 4:51 pm

A federal grant providing $35 million to redevelop substandard housing in Camden’s Cramer Hill neighborhood could prove a boon to Mayor Vic Carstarphen’s bid for a full term. The announcement brough U.S. Housing and Urban Development Secretary Marcia Fudge to...

Biden cabinet secretary will join Carstarphen in Camden in pre-primary visit

June 1, 2021 4:03 pm

Lest anyone doubt the massive reach of Democratic powerbroker George E. Norcross III, consider this: the U.S. Secretary of Housing and Urban Development is coming to Camden on Wednesday – six days before the mayoral primary – to stand next...

Hoyer will raise money for Norcross

May 4, 2021 5:00 pm

House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer is headed to New Jersey later this month for a high dollar fundraiser to boost the re-election of Rep. Donald Norcross (D-Camden) in New Jersey’s 1st district. The congressman’s brothers, George E. Norcross III and...