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Jim Hurley, Senate and Assembly Minority Leader, dies at 91

June 18, 2023 11:34 pmAugust 4, 2023 7:35 pm

James R. Hurley, a warm and enormously popular South Jersey lawmaker who served as minority leader in both houses of the New Jersey legislature and as chairman of the Casino Control Commission, died this weekend. He was 91. Robert Friant,...

Testa breaks record for 1st district Senate candidates

November 17, 2021 8:38 pm

Republican Michael Testa, Jr. (R-Vineland) has set records for the biggest plurality ever recorded for a State Senate candidate in the 1st legislative district, and for the most total votes received. Testa defeated Democrat Yolanda Garcia Balicki by 16,975 votes,...

Paul Porreca, New Jersey’s longest-living congressional candidate, dies at 85

August 15, 2020 11:08 amAugust 17, 2020 12:52 am

Paul R. Porreca, a respected former Superior Court Judge who was New Jersey’ longest-living candidate for Congress, died on Friday night. He was 85. Porreca was a 27-year-old Millville city commissioner when he became the Democratic congressional candidate in 1962...

New Jersey’s longest-living congressional candidate

April 13, 2020 1:15 pmApril 13, 2020 10:11 pm

The coronavirus-related death last week of Martin S. Fox, a 95-year-old Millburn Democrat who ran for Congress against Rep. Robert W. Kean (R-Livingston) in 1952 and 1954, leaves an 85-year-old Millville man as the longest-living New Jersey congressional candidate. Paul...

The Road to Mike Testa

December 2, 2019 12:23 amDecember 2, 2019 2:45 pm

When Michael Testa., Jr. takes his seat in the New Jersey State Senate next week, he will become just the sixth senator to represent the 1st legislative district since it was created in 1973 when New Jersey first adopted a...

The Week of Delgado-Polanco’s friends & family

March 1, 2019 9:24 am

Winner Losers BRIAN STACK JOHN CURRIE The Union City mayor/state senator gets his guy the Hudson County surrogate post, giving him an opportunity to pick a new freeholder next year. The Passaic County Democratic chairman, already fighting to keep his...

Avalon mayor endorses Testa for Senate

February 27, 2019 9:40 am

Avalon Mayor Marty Pagliughi has endorsed Michael Testa, Jr. for the Republican State Senate nomination in the 1st legislative district. Testa, the Cumberland County GOP chairman, faces former Assemblyman Sam Fiocchi (R-Vineland) in the June primary. The winner will take...