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Happy 101st Birthday, Congressman Frank Guarini

August 20, 2025 12:00 amAugust 21, 2025 11:22 am

Frank J. Guarini, Jr., who served as a congressman from a Hudson County district for fourteen years, celebrates his 101st birthday today. The Jersey City Democrat is the oldest living former congressman from New Jersey, the oldest living former statewide...

James Dugan, former senator and Dem state chairman, dies at 92

December 12, 2021 3:28 pmDecember 12, 2021 7:16 pm

James P. Dugan, a former New Jersey Democratic State Chairman and state senator from Bayonne who was once among New Jersey’s most powerful political insiders, died on Sunday. He was 92 and had been in failing health. Dugan, who represented...

In Memoriam

August 20, 2021 10:09 amDecember 13, 2021 1:24 pm

Gerald Fitzpatrick, the son of legendary former Bayonne Mayor Francis G. Fitzpatrick, died on August 18. He was 75. Fitzpatrick sought the Democratic nomination for State Assembly in the 31st district in 1981, losing by just 383 votes against Joseph...