John Cryan Archives - New Jersey Globe

Trailblazer: Congressman Donald Payne Sr.

January 16, 2023 12:14 amJanuary 15, 2023 4:45 pm

Donald Payne, Sr. (1934-2012) was the first Black to represent New Jersey in the U.S. House of Representatives. He had run for Congress twice before winning the seat in 1988. In 1970, Payne became the first African American to serve...

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

September 5, 2022 12:07 amSeptember 4, 2022 3:49 pm

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: Congressman Donald Payne Sr.

January 17, 2022 12:19 amJanuary 16, 2022 10:18 pm

Donald Payne, Sr. (1934-2012) was the first Black to represent New Jersey in the U.S. House of Representatives. He had run for Congress twice before winning the seat in 1988. In 1970, Payne became the first African American to serve...

Happy Birthday, Senator Jim Wallwork

September 17, 2021 10:38 am

James H. Wallwork, an Essex County Republican who spent fourteen years in the New Jersey Senate and two in the State Assembly, is celebrating his 91st birthday today. Wallwork is one of two living members of the Senate Class of...

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

September 6, 2021 12:07 amSeptember 4, 2022 3:48 pm

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: Congressman Donald Payne Sr.

January 18, 2021 12:10 amJanuary 17, 2021 1:57 pm

Donald Payne, Sr. (1934-2012) was the first Black to represent New Jersey in the U.S. House of Representatives. He had run for Congress twice before winning the seat in 1988. In 1970, Payne became the first African American to serve...

Clifford Minor, who ran against Cory Booker in 2010, dies

November 25, 2020 9:26 amNovember 25, 2020 9:28 am

Clifford Minor, a former Essex County Prosecutor who challenged Cory Booker in the 2010 Newark mayoral race, died on November 17. He was 78. Minor began his career as a Newark police officer, rising to the rank of detective. He...