John Lynch Archives - New Jersey Globe

Steve Kornacki on the almost Codey vs. Corzine ’05 gubernatorial primary

January 15, 2026 8:02 amJanuary 19, 2026 12:29 pm

Richard J. Codey’s decorated political career comes with one big what if. Thrust by fate into the governorship, he demonstrated a common touch that ultimately made him one of the most popular public figures in modern New Jersey history. What...

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

September 1, 2025 12:11 amAugust 31, 2025 5:42 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...

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

September 2, 2024 12:10 amSeptember 1, 2024 8:36 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...

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

September 4, 2023 12:10 amSeptember 3, 2023 5:14 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...

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...

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...

Blanquita Valenti, trailblazing Middlesex freeholder, dies at 87

March 10, 2021 7:12 amMarch 10, 2021 11:01 pm

Blanquita Bird Valenti, a popular vote-getter who spent 15 years as a Middlesex County freeholder and 20 years as a New Brunswick city councilwoman, died on Tuesday evening. She was 87. Valenti became the first Latina to win a countywide...