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Lewis Kaden, counsel to Gov. Brendan Byrne, dies at 78

June 29, 2020 1:58 amJune 29, 2020 2:04 am

Lewis B. Kaden, Gov. Brendan Byrne’s first counsel and a former aide to U.S. Senator Robert F. Kennedy, died on Sunday. He was 78. He died of injuries related to a fall at his Westchester home on June 15, according...

It’s 8 PM and the polls are supposed to be closing

June 2, 2020 8:00 pmJune 3, 2020 12:01 am

It’s 8 PM and I’m supposed to say that the polls are now closed in New Jersey, even in Cedar Grove. The primary election was supposed to be today, but in an effort to slow the spread of the coronavirus,...

In New Jersey, Nixon, Reagan landslides didn’t help GOP candidates

February 27, 2020 12:02 amFebruary 26, 2020 10:50 pm

Ronald Reagan carried New Jersey by 672,307 over Walter Mondale in 1984, 60%-39%, but his landslide win of the state’s sixteen electoral votes didn’t have much of an effect on the races for U.S. Senate and Congress. Democrat Bill Bradley...

William J. Hamilton, former Assembly Speaker, dies at 86

October 12, 2019 4:28 pmOctober 13, 2019 3:11 pm

Former Assembly Speaker William J. Hamilton, Jr., a skilled legislator with a reputation for integrity and independence, died on Thursday. He was 86. A product of John A. Lynch, Sr.’s New Brunswick political organization, Hamilton served six years in the...

Bob Dole turns 96

July 22, 2019 9:02 pmJuly 22, 2019 10:11 pm

Bob Dole, who turned 96 today, served with 27 New Jerseyans during his 35 years in Congress — five in the Senate, where he represented Kansas from 1969 to 1996, and 22 in the U.S. House of Representatives, where he...

The time an assemblyman won off the line

June 1, 2019 9:12 pm

It’s not uncommon for legislators to be dumped from the organization line and those who fight back hardly ever win. One of the most memorable examples of an assemblyman winning without party support was in 1979, when the Middlesex Democratic...

Smith: Middlesex County should get its own congressional district

December 3, 2018 2:49 pmDecember 3, 2018 3:23 pm

State Sen. Bob Smith thinks it’s time for Middlesex County to get its own congressional district. “It’s 875,000 people. Congressional districts are bout 640,000, 630,000. It could easily be a congressional district,” Smith said. “Now, when I say that, it...