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Trailblazer: Senator Wynona Lipman

January 20, 2020 1:00 amJanuary 20, 2020 12:50 am

Wynona M. Lipman (1923-1999) was the first African American woman to serve in the New Jersey State Senate. She served as a Senator from 1972 until her death in 1999. Born in Georgia, she was a Fulbright scholar studying at...

Barbara Boxer joins Mercury

January 7, 2020 9:22 amJanuary 7, 2020 9:25 am

Barbara Boxer, a former four-term U.S. Senator from California, has joined Mercury as co-chair. The global public strategy firm has a large presence in New Jersey, where Michael DuHaime, Michael Soliman and Mo Butler serve as partners. DuHaime spent eight...

Labor Leader: John J. Giblin served as State Senator, Essex County Freeholder

September 2, 2019 1:05 amSeptember 2, 2019 1:06 am

John J. Giblin (1909-1975) was one of New Jersey’s most powerful labor leaders, serving as president of the International Union of Operating Engineers Local 68, chairman of the national union, Essex County Freeholder and State Senator. Giblin was the patriarch...

The 1978 race for Essex County Executive, Part 1

July 22, 2019 3:42 amJuly 24, 2019 8:30 pm

Essex County politics had an evolutionary transformation in the late 1970s, when voters approved a referendum that switched control of country government from the Board of Freeholders to a single County Executive. A process that took six years culminated in...

Trailblazer: Senator Wynona Lipman

January 21, 2019 12:25 amJanuary 21, 2019 12:00 am

Wynona M. Lipman (1923-1999) was the first African American woman to serve in the New Jersey State Senate. She served as a Senator from 1972 until her death in 1999. Born in Georgia, she was a Fulbright scholar studying at...