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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...

Labor Leader: Paul J. Krebs, last president of NJ CIO served one-term in Congress

September 2, 2019 1:01 amSeptember 2, 2019 1:51 am

The last New Jersey Democrat to lose a U.S. Senate race in New Jersey was Paul Krebs (1912-1996), labor leader and one-term congressman from Livingston. His story involves one of the great New Jersey labor union feuds. The account starts...

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...

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...