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Gay, Muslim-born rabbi from New Jersey seeking Green Party presidential nomination

May 2, 2020 8:42 pm

The Green Party of New Jersey is deciding which of three presidential candidates will get their five delegates at their national convention in July. One of the contenders is New Jersey native Dario Hunter, who grew up in Newark and...

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...

No district has gone longer without electing a Democrat than the 40th

September 7, 2019 5:21 pmSeptember 7, 2019 5:50 pm

No legislative district in the state has gone longer without electing a Democrat than the 40th, which includes parts of Bergen, Passaic, Morris and Essex counties. It’s been 54 years since a Democrat won an Assembly seat there, which makes...

Imperiale was only independent to win beyond local level

November 1, 2018 1:43 pmNovember 1, 2018 10:57 pm

The only independent candidate to win beyond the local level in New Jersey over the last 50 years was Anthony Imperiale, a self-styled vigilante from Newark’s North Ward who came to power during the 1967 Newark riots. Gov. Richard Hughes...