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Pat Sebold won’t seek re-election as Essex County Commissioner

February 19, 2026 8:00 pmFebruary 20, 2026 10:43 am

Patricia Sebold, one of the longest-serving county commissioners in the state and the longest-serving in Essex County history, will not seek re-election to a twelfth term this year. Sebold has also been elected to the Essex County Board of Commissioners...

LBJ, Nixon swept all 21 New Jersey counties

February 16, 2026 12:13 amFebruary 15, 2026 8:29 pm

Just 22,091 votes separated John F. Kennedy from Richard M. Nixon in the contest for New Jersey’s sixteen electoral votes in the 1960 presidential election. Kennedy won 50% to Nixon’s 49%, but Nixon carried 14 of New Jersey’s 21 counties....

New Jersey governors and presidential primaries

February 16, 2026 12:00 amFebruary 15, 2026 7:55 pm

Gov. Mikie Sherrill backed three candidates for the Democratic presidential nomination in 2020: first Cory Booker, then Michael Bloomberg, and finally Joe Biden. In 2020, Gov. Phil Murphy was the first governor to stay out of the presidential race in...

Trailblazer: Judge Anne Thompson

January 19, 2026 12:03 amJanuary 18, 2026 10:47 pm

Anne E. Thompson (Born 1934) is the first Black to serve as a federal district court judge from New Jersey. She was nominated to the bench by President Jimmy Carter in 1979 and continues to serve as an inactive senior...

2025 New Jersey Globe Year in Review

December 31, 2025 3:25 pmJanuary 8, 2026 11:04 am

Click HERE to download a high-resolution version of the 2025 New Jersey Globe Voter’s Guide. Click HERE for a lower-resolution version For the eighth time, the New Jersey Globe presents our annual Year in Review, a look back at the...

Happy 101st Birthday, Congressman Frank Guarini

August 20, 2025 12:00 amAugust 21, 2025 11:22 am

Frank J. Guarini, Jr., who served as a congressman from a Hudson County district for fourteen years, celebrates his 101st birthday today. The Jersey City Democrat is the oldest living former congressman from New Jersey, the oldest living former statewide...

The Watcher: North Arlington schools want to take a building from a church using eminent domain

June 25, 2025 5:42 amJuly 13, 2025 4:31 pm

Is there such a thing as Eminence Domain? This could be the start of a joke – five school board members are standing at the pearly gates – except that the brewing legal and political battle between the North Arlington...