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William Meisner, former Saddle Brook councilman, dies at 83

February 9, 2022 11:05 pmFebruary 9, 2022 11:07 pm

Former Saddle Brook Councilman William J. Meisner, an prominent educator and Democratic leader who once found himself in the crosshairs of the state’s premier party boss, died on February 7. He was 83. Meisner became involved in politics in the...

The time a write-in campaign worked

April 14, 2021 12:01 amApril 13, 2021 10:03 pm

Write-in campaigns are largely uphill, but not impossible under special circumstances. In 1994, Democrats in New Jersey’s 11th district had a critical electoral crisis. Their candidate for Congress against Republican Rep. Dean Gallo (R-Parsippany) was supposed to be Daniel Tauriello,...

Onuoha to seek GOP House nomination as a write-in candidate

April 10, 2020 2:07 pmApril 10, 2020 8:10 pm

Christian Onuoha will seek the Republican nomination for Congress in New Jersey’s 6th district as a write-in candidate after failing to obtain the 200 signatures to get him on the ballot in the July 7 primary election. Onuoha’s lone rival...

Senator Anthony Bucco dies at 81

September 16, 2019 9:14 pmSeptember 17, 2019 12:27 am

State Sen. Anthony R. Bucco, a Morris County Republican who has served in the New Jersey Senate since 1998, has died. He was 81. Bucco has been a fixture in politics for more than 40 years, since winning a seat...

Frank Herbert, former State Senator, dies at 87

September 27, 2018 11:49 pmOctober 1, 2018 9:55 am

Frank X. Herbert, a charismatic, progressive Democrat who quoted Shakespeare, loved the New York Giants, and served in the New Jersey State Senate until Gerald Cardinale unseated him in 1981, passed away today. He was 87. Once the chairman of...

Cardinale likely to run again in 2021

April 12, 2018 4:29 pmApril 13, 2018 11:26 am

One of New Jersey’s longest-serving state senator said he will likely run again when he comes up for reelection in 2021. “There are a lot of people who will want to get rid of me, and it amuses me a...

The story of Rodney’s long and painful path to Congress

January 4, 2018 12:11 amFebruary 4, 2019 9:15 pm

The most frustrating thing for Rep. Rodney Proctor Frelinghuysen has got to be that he’s reached the pinnacle of his political career, only to face the inconvenience of an election. He’s being tagged as out of touch; that’s something incumbents...