Norman Robertson Archives - New Jersey Globe

Trailblazer: Lt. Governor Sheila Y. Oliver

January 19, 2026 12:15 amJanuary 18, 2026 8:58 pm

Sheila Oliver was New Jersey’s trailblazing two-term lieutenant governor who became the first woman of color to serve as Assembly Speaker and the first to win a statewide election, spent 27 years in public office as a fierce advocate for...

Trailblazer: Lt. Governor Sheila Y. Oliver

January 20, 2025 12:33 amJanuary 19, 2025 9:30 pm

Sheila Oliver was New Jersey’s trailblazing two-term lieutenant governor who became the first woman of color to serve as Assembly Speaker and the first to win a statewide election, spent 27 years in public office as a fierce advocate for...

Trailblazer: Sheila Y. Oliver

January 15, 2024 12:19 amJanuary 14, 2024 4:47 pm

Sheila Oliver was New Jersey’s trailblazing two-term lieutenant governor who became the first woman of color to serve as Assembly Speaker and the first to win a statewide election, spent 27 years in public office as a fierce advocate for...

Trailblazer: Lt. Governor Sheila Oliver

January 16, 2023 12:16 amJanuary 16, 2023 9:23 am

Sheila Oliver is the first Black to serve as Lieutenant Governor of New Jersey, the first Black woman to win a statewide election in New Jersey, and was the first Black woman to serve as Speaker of the New Jersey...

McKeon dips his toe into Senate race with two Democratic incumbents

February 24, 2022 8:05 pm

Assemblyman John McKeon (D-West Orange) is testing the waters for a possible State Senate bid in the newly-drawn 27th district which already has two incumbent senators, Richard Codey (D-Roseland) and Nia Gill (D-Montclair). Members of McKeon’s political team have been...

Trailblazer: Lt. Governor Sheila Oliver

January 17, 2022 12:22 amJanuary 16, 2022 10:18 pm

Sheila Oliver is the first Black to serve as Lieutenant Governor of New Jersey, the first Black woman to win a statewide election in New Jersey, and was the first Black woman to serve as Speaker of the New Jersey...

Nia Gill endorses Vainieri Huttle for Senate

May 20, 2021 4:36 pm

State Sen. Nia Gill (D-Montclair) had endorsed Assemblywoman Valerie Vainieri Huttle (D-Englewood) for the Democratic nomination for State Senate in the 37th district. “In her fifteen years in the Assembly, Valerie has proven herself as a progressive, effective, independent leader...