Elease Evans Archives - New Jersey Globe

Pou, Sumter, Wimberly win in the 35th district

November 2, 2021 8:03 pmDecember 17, 2021 5:00 pm

The New Jersey Globe is projecting that State Sen. Nellie Pou (D-North Haledon), Assemblywoman Shavonda Sumter (D-Paterson), and Assemblyman Benjie Wimberly (D-Paterson) have won re-election to the 35th legislative district. Pou defeated former Haledon mayor Kenneth Pengitore, while Sumter and...

Georgia Scott, first Black woman to serve as Passaic freeholder, dies at 74

August 28, 2020 2:43 pm

Georgia Scott, the first Black woman and first Democratic woman to win a seat on the Passaic County Board of Freeholders, died on August 22. She was 74. Republicans had a 7-0 majority on the freeholder board when Scott made...

The time Christie followed his own rules

April 15, 2018 6:41 pmApril 15, 2018 9:17 pm

There was this once time where Chris Christie stayed within Department of Justice guidelines — in 2007 when two Democratic Assemblymen were arrested on corruption charges 61 days before the general election. Christie, who was U.S. Attorney at the time,...