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New Jersey hasn’t elected a president since 1912

April 13, 2019 11:04 am

U.S. Senator Cory Booker holds a hometown kickoff rally today to become the first New Jerseyan to win the presidency since Gov. Woodrow Wilson in 1912. Booker is one of two Bergen County native to seek the presidency next year....

Pearl Beatty, former Essex freeholder, dies at 83

April 3, 2019 10:31 amApril 3, 2019 11:15 am

Pearl Beatty, a legendary veteran of Newark politics and a former Essex County freeholder, died on Tuesday. She was 83. Her death comes four days after her longtime political ally, former Newark mayor Kenneth Gibson, passed away. Beatty was elected...

The time Frank Hague tried to take over Montclair

March 19, 2019 8:47 am

Most New Jerseyans involved in local politics are familiar with the Faulkner Act, aka the Optional Municipal Charter Law, which gives municipalities a smorgasbord of different forms of local government to pick from. Here’s the backstory. Back in 1934, Jersey...

LBJ, Nixon, Reagan swept all 21 New Jersey counties

February 18, 2019 5:50 amFebruary 18, 2019 5:47 am

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....

Two 2020 Democratic presidential candidates grew up in Bergen County

February 1, 2019 6:59 amFebruary 1, 2019 7:57 am

U.S. Senator Cory Booker wants to be the first New Jerseyan to win the presidency since Gov. Woodrow Wilson in 1912. In 1960, New Jersey’s delegates to the Democratic National Convention were pledged to Gov. Robert Meyner, the favorite-son candidate....

Trailblazer: Assemblywoman Madaline Williams

January 21, 2019 12:15 amJanuary 20, 2019 11:14 pm

Madaline Williams (1894-1968) was the first African American woman to serve in the New Jersey Legislature. She was elected to the State Assembly in 1957 and re-elected in 1959. An East Orange, Democrat, she was elected Essex County Register of...

Booker could be first Jersey guy since Wilson to win the presidency

January 16, 2019 12:34 amJanuary 16, 2019 9:10 am

With the race for the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination quickly taking shape, U.S. Senator Cory Booker prepares to become the first New Jerseyan to win the presidency since Gov. Woodrow Wilson in 1912. If Booker enters the race, he will...

Tag: John F. Kennedy

New Jersey hasn’t elected a president since 1912

Pearl Beatty, former Essex freeholder, dies at 83

The time Frank Hague tried to take over Montclair

LBJ, Nixon, Reagan swept all 21 New Jersey counties

Two 2020 Democratic presidential candidates grew up in Bergen County

Trailblazer: Assemblywoman Madaline Williams

Booker could be first Jersey guy since Wilson to win the presidency

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