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Sacco slate wins 10-1 in North Bergen school board race

April 17, 2018 8:48 pmMay 8, 2020 4:06 pm

Three three incumbent North Bergen school board candidates endorsed by Mayor/State Sen. Nicholas Sacco crushed a slate of candidates backed by likely 2019 mayoral challenger Larry Wainstein tonight. 23 candidates appeared on the ballot for the three Board of Education...

Booker’s approvals hit all-time high

April 12, 2018 5:22 pmApril 13, 2018 10:05 am

U.S. Senator Cory Booker is New Jersey’s most popular politician, according to a Monmouth University poll released today. His approval numbers are at an all-time high. The poll is mostly all good news for Booker, who has been in the...

Adorable relationship between Menendez, Booker breaks tradition

March 29, 2018 12:39 pmMarch 30, 2018 9:44 am

The bromance between New Jersey’s two United States Senators is sugary and unusual in a state where Senators classically despise each other – often in a very public way. These days, Bob Menendez and Cory Booker are joined at the...

Everything is hunky-dory in Newark’s North Ward

March 15, 2018 1:49 pmMarch 15, 2018 8:00 pm

While a warette is brewing in Hudson and Union County healing the wound of a fight for county chairman and a congressional seat, it’s noteworthy that Newark’s North Ward – once the site of some of New Jersey’s fiercest political...

Butler event showcases Booker & Baraka alliance

February 21, 2018 10:48 pmFebruary 26, 2018 8:17 pm

The growing friendship between U.S. Senator Cory Booker and Newark Mayor Ras Baraka continues to blossom. A Booker fundraiser tonight in Newark included a rousing intro of the Senator by Baraka – they were rivals when Booker was mayor and...

Al Spivey joins Mercury

February 14, 2018 6:00 am

Mercury Public Affairs has landed a veteran of New Jersey and Pennsylvania politics to run their new Philadelphia office. Al Spivey, who spent four years as the executive director or the SEIU New Jersey State Council and worked for Rep....

Allies Booker and Baraka filing petitions at City Hall

February 9, 2018 10:54 am

U.S. Senator Cory Booker will return to his roots at Newark City hall this morning, joining a one-time political rival file petitions for the mayoral election in May. Mayor Ras Baraka, seeking re-election to a second term, was never a...