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A brief electoral history of Ras Baraka

April 25, 2024 1:22 pmJuly 25, 2024 2:26 pm

If Newark Mayor Ras Baraka is elected governor of New Jersey in next year’s election, he’d make a lot of history. He’d be the first Black person elected to lead the state; in fact, no major party in New Jersey...

Donald Payne, Jr. was just fifth person to hold NJ-10 seat in over 100 years

April 24, 2024 12:11 pmApril 25, 2024 11:10 am

Over the last 100 years, just five congressmen have represented New Jersey’s 10th district; the district was represented for 40 years by Peter W. Rodino, for over 23 years by Donald M. Payne, and since 2012 by Donald M. Payne,...

Craig Stanley will run for Giblin’s seat, 15 years after leaving legislature

March 27, 2023 5:09 pmMarch 27, 2023 6:09 pm

Fifteen years after leaving office, former Assemblyman Craig Stanley is gunning for a comeback. The 67-year-old Stanley, a Democrat who represented the Newark-based 28th legislative district between 1996 and 2008, filed today to run for the Assembly in the suburban...

Payne wins re-election in 10th congressional district

November 8, 2022 8:29 pmNovember 9, 2022 5:21 pm

The New Jersey Globe projects that Rep. Donald Payne Jr. (D-Newark) has won re-election, easily defeating Republican David Pinckney in the solidly Democratic 10th congressional district. Payne’s father, Rep. Donald Payne Sr. (D-Newark), was New Jersey’s first-ever Black member of...

Payne, big winner in June primary, says his voters are energized to do it again

October 29, 2022 7:25 pmOctober 31, 2022 12:08 am

Rep. Donald Payne Jr. (D-Newark) won big in his June primary election – bigger than initially seemed possible for the congressman, long one of New Jersey’s more lowkey politicians. His 84%-10% victory over challenger Imani Oakley marked the reawakening of...

Watson Coleman backs Payne for re-election

April 20, 2022 2:52 pm

Rep. Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-Ewing), a four-term congresswoman from the 12th district and one of New Jersey’s most liberal representatives, announced today that she is endorsing Rep. Donald Payne Jr. (D-Newark) for re-election. “Congressman Payne is an effective and dedicated...

Booker, Menendez endorse Payne for re-election

February 7, 2022 3:48 pm

Rep. Donald Payne Jr. (D-Newark) today got the endorsements of New Jersey’s two U.S. Senators, Cory Booker and Bob Menendez, in his bid for re-election to the 10th congressional district. “Donald Payne, Jr., and I worked hand in hand to...