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Trailblazer: Loretta Weinberg

February 9, 2021 12:13 amFebruary 9, 2021 9:06 am

Now in her 12th year, Loretta Weinberg is the longest serving Majority Leader of either house in New Jersey history. Weinberg was also the second woman nominated by the New Jersey Democratic Party to run for statewide office, and the...

Since 1973, little turnover in solidly Democratic 37th district

January 24, 2021 9:42 pmJanuary 25, 2021 9:17 am

The 37th legislative district has had little turnover since New Jersey shifted to a 40-district map in 1973 and is one of seven districts in the state that has never sent a Republican to Trenton. In more than 47 years,...

Gordon Johnson is leading candidate to replace Weinberg in Senate

January 13, 2021 2:05 pmJanuary 13, 2021 2:27 pm

Assembly Speaker Pro-Tempore Gordon Johnson has emerged a top candidate in the race to succeed Loretta Weinberg in the State Senate, setting up a possible convention fight with Assemblywoman Valerie Vainieri Huttle, the New Jersey Globe has learned. Multiple sources...

Loretta Weinberg’s road to the State Senate

January 13, 2021 1:42 pmJanuary 15, 2021 11:47 am

Loretta Weinberg has become an iconic figure in New Jersey politics, devoting nearly 60 years as an activist in support of social justice causes, equal opportunities for women, and in opposition to the war in Vietnam. But her start in...

Juliano brings peace to Bergenfield Dems

July 14, 2019 5:49 pmJuly 14, 2019 8:29 pm

Just days before he’s set to become the Bergen County Democratic Chairman, Paul Juliano scored a big win in Bergenfield by bringing feuding factions together in advance of a hotly contested mayoral campaign. According to sources who were present at...

Former Hackensack mayor dies at 99

January 30, 2019 10:46 amJanuary 30, 2019 10:49 am

Kazmier Wysocki, who served as the mayor of Hackensack in the 1960s and 1970s, survived a recall election but then lost his seat three months after his acquittal on fraud charges , passed away on January 27. He was 99....

Baer vs. Helstoski vs. Hollenbeck ’76

April 29, 2018 10:55 amApril 30, 2018 4:52 pm

There’s a great, mostly-forgotten story about Byron Baer and how he came excruciatingly close to winning a congressional seat 42 years ago. The congressman from the 9th district was Henry Helstoski, a six-term Democrat with a trademark crew cut who...