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Sacco mulling early retirement in North Bergen, expected to back Cabrera as successor

May 4, 2026 3:51 pmMay 4, 2026 4:36 pm

North Bergen Mayor Nicholas Sacco has quietly informed close political allies that he is considering resigning early next year to put his preferred succession plan in place ahead of the May 2027 nonpartisan municipal election, the New Jersey Globe has...

Happy 101st Birthday, Congressman Frank Guarini

August 20, 2025 12:00 amAugust 21, 2025 11:22 am

Frank J. Guarini, Jr., who served as a congressman from a Hudson County district for fourteen years, celebrates his 101st birthday today. The Jersey City Democrat is the oldest living former congressman from New Jersey, the oldest living former statewide...

Sacco struggles to deliver votes in Democratic primary

June 16, 2025 8:56 pmJune 17, 2025 11:55 pm

There are signs that the 40-year reign of North Bergen Mayor Nicholas Sacco is nearing an end after a series of losses in last week’s Hudson County Democratic Civil War show a significant decline in his mojo; he once had...

How Sacco got to the N.J. Senate

February 24, 2022 9:02 amSeptember 25, 2025 12:31 pm

When Nicholas Sacco decided he wanted the 32nd district Senate seat nearly 30 years ago, two years after he became Mayor of North Bergen, he just took it. The incumbent in 1993 was Thomas Cowan of the Operating Engineers union,...

James Dugan, former senator and Dem state chairman, dies at 92

December 12, 2021 3:28 pmDecember 12, 2021 7:16 pm

James P. Dugan, a former New Jersey Democratic State Chairman and state senator from Bayonne who was once among New Jersey’s most powerful political insiders, died on Sunday. He was 92 and had been in failing health. Dugan, who represented...

Five N.J. governors have avoided re-election primaries and Murphy is one of them

June 6, 2021 10:34 pm

Seeking to become the first Democratic governor to win a second term in 44 years, Gov. Phil is expected to get more than 99% of the primary election vote on Tuesday – with only a handful of write-in votes stopping...

Happy Birthday, Jim Florio

August 29, 2020 8:16 pmAugust 30, 2020 12:02 am

Happy Birthday to former Gov. Jim Florio, who turned 83 today. Florio has been a fixture in New Jersey politics since 1969, when he won a seat in the New Jersey. He spent fifteen years as a congressman from South...