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Trailblazer: Mayor Kenneth Gibson

January 21, 2019 12:09 amJanuary 21, 2019 1:26 am

Kenneth Gibson became the first African American to serve as mayor of a major northeastern city when he ousted two-term incumbent Hugh Addonizio in 1970. Gibson had served as an engineer for the New Jersey Highway Department and as the...

Some history on the 11th

August 17, 2018 1:57 pmAugust 17, 2018 5:12 pm

Tracking the lineage of New Jersey’s 11th district House seat, up for grabs this fall now that Rep. Rodney Frelinghuysen (R-Harding) is retiring after 24 years, is complicated. The current district has been Republican since 1984, when a panel of...

The Inside Edge: May Election Edition

May 8, 2018 5:14 pmMay 9, 2018 12:03 pm

Bayonne election may impact Hudson Dem Chair Race Among the many spoils in today’s Bayonne elections are 102 County Committee votes in next month’s election for Hudson County Democratic Chairman. Since city employees and their families occupy the bulk...

A great NJ labor union feud and the last Democrat to lose a U.S. Senate race

April 22, 2018 2:51 pmApril 23, 2018 11:36 pm

The last New Jersey Democrat to lose a U.S. Senate race in New Jersey was Paul Krebs, labor leader and one-term congressman from Livingston. His story involves one of the great New Jersey labor union feuds. The account starts in...