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Labor Leader: Paul J. Krebs, last president of N.J. CIO served one-term in Congress

September 7, 2026 12:13 amSeptember 6, 2026 8:13 pm

The last New Jersey Democrat to lose a U.S. Senate race in New Jersey was Paul Krebs (1912-1996), labor leader and one-term congressman from Livingston. His story involves one of the great New Jersey labor union feuds. The account starts...

Sherrill chooses ex-Utah gubernatorial candidate to run N.J. Consumer Affairs

July 27, 2026 3:10 pmJuly 28, 2026 12:38 am

Christopher Peterson, the Democratic nominee for Governor of Utah in 2020 is Gov. Mikie Sherrill’s pick to serve as director of the New Jersey Division of Consumer Affairs. A former University of Utah law professor who worked at the Consumer...

A look at federal, county and municipal races in Somerset County in 2026

July 8, 2026 4:23 pmJuly 9, 2026 3:57 pm

For more than a century, Somerset County stood among New Jersey’s premier Republican strongholds. It backed Herbert Hoover over Franklin D. Roosevelt at the height of the Great Depression, remained reliably Republican through the New Deal and postwar eras, and...

Labor Leader: Paul J. Krebs, last president of N.J. CIO served one-term in Congress

September 1, 2025 12:11 amAugust 31, 2025 5:42 pm

The last New Jersey Democrat to lose a U.S. Senate race in New Jersey was Paul Krebs (1912-1996), labor leader and one-term congressman from Livingston. His story involves one of the great New Jersey labor union feuds. The account starts...

Labor Leader: Roger Bodman

September 1, 2025 12:00 amAugust 31, 2025 3:50 pm

Roger Bodman, who managed the closest gubernatorial race in modern New Jersey history, became the youngest Commissioner of Labor in state history when Gov. Tom Kean nominated him in 1982 at age 29 A fixture in New Jersey politics since...

McIver is 8th congresswoman from N.J., first born after MAS*H finale

September 18, 2024 8:05 pmSeptember 4, 2025 5:20 pm

After Rep.-elect LaMonica McIver (D-Newark) is sworn in later this month, she will become just the eighth woman to represent New Jersey in Congress. She’ll also become the fourth Black House member from New Jersey and, at age 38, the...

New Jersey is on track for its most diverse congressional delegation ever

September 13, 2024 6:16 pmSeptember 16, 2024 12:27 am

Twenty years ago, New Jersey’s congressional delegation was the domain of white men. Of the 15 people representing the state in Congress, every single one was a man, which had been true since Rep. Marge Roukema (R-Ridgewood) left the delegation...