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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...