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Bill Schluter, former Senator, dies at 90

August 6, 2018 9:38 pmAugust 7, 2018 9:57 am

William E. Schluter, a moderate Republican and self-proclaimed maverick who championed ethics reform during 21 years in the New Jersey Legislature, and an independent candidate for governor, died today. He was 90. Schluter served two separate tenures in the Legislature...

Rosemarie Totaro, Democratic Assemblywoman from Morris, dies

March 11, 2018 1:17 pmMarch 12, 2018 12:49 am

Rosemarie Totaro, a fiery moderate Democrat and self-described feminist who won two elections for the New Jersey State Assembly in a solidly Republican Morris County district, died on March 7. She was 84. Totaro caused a stir in 1978 when...

Wave year elections in New Jersey

February 19, 2018 11:21 am

Two modern era wave elections happened so long ago that a comparison to New Jersey in 2018 is apples and oranges. But both are examples of highly-charged mid-term elections that allowed Democrats in the wake of the Watergate scandal to...

The story of Rodney’s long and painful path to Congress

January 4, 2018 12:11 amNovember 20, 2025 8:24 pm

The most frustrating thing for Rep. Rodney Proctor Frelinghuysen has got to be that he’s reached the pinnacle of his political career, only to face the inconvenience of an election. He’s being tagged as out of touch; that’s something incumbents...