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The time five Democratic incumbents lost State Senate primaries

June 7, 2021 1:02 pmJune 8, 2021 12:34 pm

The last time a Demcoratic governor was re-elected to a second term, five Democratic state senators were ousted in primaries. That was in 1977, when the five defeats – added to two Democratic senators losing party support for re-election and...

Alfred Russo, Woodbridge law director, Senate aide, dies at 77

April 29, 2021 1:20 pm

Alfred R. Russo, a lawyer who worked in the administrations of four Woodbridge mayors, died on April 27. He was 77. Russo served as a legislative aide to State Sen. John J. Fay, Jr. (D-Woodbridge) from 1974 until 1977, when...

Joseph DeMarino, former Woodbridge mayor, dies at 85

June 8, 2020 1:53 pmJune 8, 2020 7:57 pm

Joseph A. DeMarino, a colorful and often popular former Woodbridge mayor and Middlesex County sheriff, died on May 31. He was 85. DeMarino launched his political career as a candidate after serving in the U.S. Marine Corps during the Korean...

Arline Friscia, former Middlesex assemblywoman, dies at 84

October 18, 2019 11:52 amOctober 19, 2019 11:31 am

Arline M. Friscia, who served eight years as a New Jersey assemblywoman where she sponsored a law top expand the state’s family leave law, died on Wednesday. She was 84. In 1995, Friscia unseated Republican incumbents who had captured Middlesex...

Donald Wernik, former Middlesex freeholder, Metuchen mayor, dies at 94

August 31, 2019 4:57 pmSeptember 1, 2019 5:50 pm

Donald J. Wernik, an All-State football star at Metuchen High School and World War II veteran who became a pharmacist, mayor of Metuchen and three-term Middlesex County Freeholder, died on Friday. He was 94. Wernik began in politics in an...

Renny Travisano, former Middlesex county clerk, dies at 82

June 9, 2019 1:53 pmJune 9, 2019 9:07 pm

Raniero Travisano, a popular Sayreville Democrat who served one term as Middlesex County Clerk before losing in the 1990 anti-Florio protest election, died on June 8. He was 82. Travisano was a junior high school teacher and guidance counselor when...