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

September 6, 2021 12:07 amSeptember 4, 2021 3:50 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...

Somerset Education Association back Robinson, Sooy for re-election

July 21, 2021 7:42 pmJuly 22, 2021 1:27 pm

The Somerset County Education Association has endorsed County Commissioners Shanel Robinson and Sara Sooy for re-election to second terms. “Robinson and Sooy have shown that their passion, work ethic, and problem-solving skills are what will continue pushing Somerset County forward,”...

Dan Todd, former assemblyman, brother of governor, dies at 82

June 4, 2021 2:23 pmJune 4, 2021 2:37 pm

Webster B. Todd, Jr., a former assemblyman, Nixon White House aide, and the brother of former Gov. Christine Todd Whitman, has died. He was 82. Known as Dan Todd, he was a member of one of New Jersey’s most prominent...

New Jersey holds at 12 congressional seats

April 26, 2021 11:25 amApril 27, 2021 1:42 am

This story was updated at 3:29 PM and again at 3:38 PM. With a population of 9,288,994, New Jersey will remain at 12 congressional seats for the next decade following the 2020 U.S. Census, said Dr. Ron S. Jarmin, the...

NJ-11 ’20 race just 5th time in N.J. history where two women ran for Congress

February 9, 2021 12:26 amFebruary 9, 2021 10:38 am

One takeaway from the race between Mikie Sherrill and Rosemary Becchi in New Jersey’s the 11th district in 2020: since women won the right to vote in 1920, this is just the 5th time both major parties have nominated a...

NJ-11 race just 5th time in N.J. history where two women ran for Congress

October 12, 2020 12:01 pm

One takeaway from the race between Mikie Sherrill and Rosemary Becchi in New the 11th district: since women won the right to vote in 1920, this is just the 5th time both major parties have nominated a woman to run...

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

September 7, 2020 12:01 amSeptember 6, 2020 12:24 am

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...