A brief electoral history of Steve Sweeney

January 25, 2024 6:32 pmJanuary 27, 2024 12:54 pm

Last month, former Senate President Steve Sweeney (D-West Deptford) did something he’s been wanting to do for a decade: launch a campaign for governor of New Jersey. Sweeney, a union ironworker from South Jersey, is one of several Democrats who...

A primer on how Steve Sweeney first got to Trenton

December 11, 2023 8:00 amDecember 11, 2023 8:09 am

Steve Sweeney, who will launch his bid for the Democratic gubernatorial nomination this morning, spent twenty years in the New Jersey State Senate and became the longest-serving Senate President in state history. A 64-year-old labor leader, Sweeney became involved in...