Fred Wendel Archives - New Jersey Globe

The Curse of the 38th is now dead

April 8, 2021 1:52 pm

There used to be something called the Curse of the 38th, a reference to six consecutive senators from the Bergen County district who found themselves tossed from the State Senate against their will. For years, the 38th was one of...

Some 1960s Bergen County political history

March 3, 2019 10:22 pmMarch 4, 2019 8:59 am

Until the U.S. Supreme Court’s one-man, one-vote ruling, Bergen County began the 1960’s with one state Senator – Walter Jones (R-Norwood) — and seven Assembly seats. Jones gave up that Senate seat after eight years in 1961 to run for...