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Trailblazer: Bill Stubbs

January 20, 2020 12:45 amJanuary 20, 2020 12:44 am

Bill Stubbs (1917-2003) was the first African American to win a major party nomination for Congress in New Jersey. He won a three-way Republican primary in New Jersey’s 11th district in 1964 but lost the general election to freshman Rep....

Guide to Essex County Elections

November 2, 2019 2:42 pm

Essex County has races for Register of Deeds and Mortgages and a special election for Essex County Freeholder. Democrat Juan Rivera, a former freeholder, faces 31-year-old Kristina Christoforou for the seat of Register Dana Rone, who is not seeking re-election...

Republicans Christoforou, Kraemer file in Essex

March 28, 2019 5:40 pm

Republicans haven’t won a race for Essex County Register of Deeds and Mortgages since 1969 and they haven’t prevailed in an at-large race for freeholder since 1971, but that hasn’t dissuaded two party loyalists from running countywide this year. Kristina...

Trailblazer: Bill Stubbs

January 21, 2019 12:01 amJanuary 20, 2019 7:25 pm

Bill Stubbs (1917-2003) was the first African American to win a major party nomination for Congress in New Jersey. He won a three-way Republican primary in New Jersey’s 11th district in 1964 but lost the general election to freshman Rep....