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Trailblazer: Loretta Weinberg

February 9, 2021   12:13 amFebruary 9, 2021   9:06 am
Now in her 12th year, Loretta Weinberg is the longest serving Majority Leader of either house in New Jersey history. Weinberg was also the second woman nominated by the New Jersey Democratic Party to run for statewide office, and the...
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Loretta Weinberg’s road to the State Senate

January 13, 2021   1:42 pmJanuary 15, 2021   11:47 am
Loretta Weinberg has become an iconic figure in New Jersey politics, devoting nearly 60 years as an activist in support of social justice causes, equal opportunities for women, and in opposition to the war in Vietnam. But her start in...
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Two N.J. congressmen who placed patriotism above politics

November 11, 2020   12:01 amNovember 11, 2020   8:57 am
Most people in New Jersey politics today probably never heard of Albert Vreeland or Frank Osmers, two young New Jersey Congressmen who placed patriotism above politics and the security of our nation ahead of their own political careers. Vreeland first...
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Flashback: New Jerseyans on Nixon resignation in 1974

August 9, 2020   8:21 pmAugust 9, 2020   8:26 pm
Richard M. Nixon resigned as President of the United States 46 years ago today, just as the U.S. House of Representatives was about to impeach him for his role in the Watergate scandal: “I have never been a quitter. To...
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Freedom Rider Byron Baer spent 34 years in the NJ legislature — and 45 days in a Mississippi prison

July 29, 2020   12:10 amJuly 29, 2020   12:59 pm
Today is the 59th anniversary of the arrest of Freedom Rider Byron Baer, a longtime New Jersey legislator who was charged with attempting to desegregate a blacks-only waiting room at the Greyhound bus terminal in Jackson, Mississippi. He spent 45...
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Veterans: Two N.J. congressmen who placed patriotism above politics

May 25, 2020   12:01 amNovember 8, 2020   9:37 pm
Most people in New Jersey politics today probably never heard of Albert Vreeland or Frank Osmers, two young New Jersey Congressmen who placed patriotism above politics and the security of our nation ahead of their own political careers. Vreeland first...
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78% of successful House challengers were political unknowns

May 11, 2020   3:16 pmMay 14, 2020   10:25 am
In a race for Congress, New Jerseyans are historically more likely to vote for someone they had never really heard of against an incumbent Member of Congress than they are to go with someone who has been winning elections for...
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