Nicholas LaCorte Archives - New Jersey Globe

George Woody, first Black county chairman in N.J., dies at 95

June 4, 2022 2:08 pmJune 5, 2022 12:37 am

George G. Woody, Jr., a former Republican councilman in Roselle who later switched parties to become New Jersey’s first Black county chairman, died on May 20. He was 95. Woody became the first Black to win a seat on the...

Trailblazer: Mildred Barry Hughes

February 9, 2021 12:10 amFebruary 7, 2021 8:21 pm

Mildred Barry Hughes (1902-1995) was the first woman to serve in the New Jersey State Senate. She was elected in 1965, 45 years after women won the right to vote. Hughes, a Union Township Democrat, was elected to the State...

Dyke Pollitt, political consultant and onetime Senate candidate, dies at 87

November 19, 2019 12:20 pmNovember 19, 2019 12:20 pm

Van Dyke J. Pollitt, an insider’s insider who spend decades as a political operative– first as a Republican officeholder in Union County and then as a member of John Lynch’s political circle running the Middlesex County Democratic machine – died...

Quijano, Holley in 20th district

June 4, 2019 8:01 pmJune 3, 2019 10:54 pm

The New Jersey Globe is calling the Democratic primary for State Assembly in the 20th district for incumbents Annette Quijano (D-Elizabeth) and Jamal Holley (D-Roselle). They have defeated their primary opponent, Kenneth Jones. Quijano and Holley will face Republicans Ashraf...

LaCorte will run again in Union

January 22, 2019 2:33 pm

James LaCorte will seek a fifth term as Union County Surrogate. “I intend to seek re-election,” LaCorte told the New Jersey Globe. Republicans have not won a countywide election in Union County since 1995 and have not won a race...