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Newark Council President expected to replace Payne

May 6, 2024 9:02 amMay 8, 2024 4:55 pm

LaMonica McIver, the 37-year-old Newark City Council President, has emerged as the leading candidate to succeed the late Donald Payne in the U.S. House of Representatives, the New Jersey Globe has confirmed. In a private meeting on Friday evening, Essex...

Murphy joins DiVincenzo at ribbon cutting for Essex County College’s suburban campus

September 29, 2023 6:35 pm

Gov. Phil Murphy highlighted the significance of community colleges in the state today as he celebrated the opening of Essex County Community College’s new West Essex Campus. In addition to Murphy, First Lady Tammy Murphy, Democratic State Chairman LeRoy Jones,...

High turnout gave Maplewood, Millburn and South Orange nearly the same number of votes as Newark

November 21, 2022 10:03 amNovember 22, 2022 8:57 am

There are still plenty of people around who can remember watching election returns come in from Essex County and seeing the Republican strongholds of Maplewood and Millburn deliver 2-1 pluralities for the GOP ticket. Not too long ago, Maplewood and...

Essex GOP backs Selen for Congress in NJ-11

March 30, 2022 9:57 amMarch 30, 2022 4:32 pm

Essex County Republicans have awarded their organization line for Congress in New Jersey’s 11th district to Tayfun Selen, a Morris County commissioner seeking to oust two-term Rep. Mikie Sherrill (D-Montclair) in this year’s mid-term elections. Selen now has the line...

DiVincenzo has $600k haul at campaign kickoff fundraiser

March 2, 2022 11:43 amMarch 2, 2022 3:01 pm

Essex County Executive Joseph DiVincenzo, Jr. raised over $600,000 at a campaign kickoff event last night as he seeks an unprecedented sixth term this year. The big news at the event was an appearance by former Gov. Richard Codey (D-Roseland),...

Pat Sebold re-elected Livingston Democratic chair, post she’s held since 1976

June 14, 2021 11:18 pmJune 14, 2021 11:44 pm

Pat Sebold, who may be the longest-serving Democratic municipal chair in the state, was re-elected on Monday for a three-year term for the post she first won in 1976. She has led Livingston Democrats since John B. Duff resigned to...

Candy Straight, leading voice for the election of women to public office, dies at 73

June 13, 2021 1:12 pmJune 14, 2021 4:05 pm

Candace L. Straight, a savvy investment banker and film producer, zealous advocate for the election of women candidates for state and local office across the nation, and a popular Republican fundraiser, died on June 13 at Hackensack University Medical Center...