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Joseph Pelliccio, top Hudson law enforcement officer, dies at 91

February 20, 2020 10:51 am

Joseph M. Pelliccio, a prominent law enforcement official in Hudson County who served as an aide to Jersey City mayor Paul Jordan in the 1970s, died on February 18. He was 91. Pelliccio began his career as a Jersey City...

Most incumbent governors face primary challenges

January 29, 2020 10:48 amJanuary 29, 2020 10:54 am

Gov. Phil Murphy could face a challenge from former Assistant Attorney General Shavar Jeffries in the 2021 Democratic gubernatorial primary, a move that is not unusual in New Jersey. Six of the last ten governors faced primaries in their bids...

Joseph Simunovich, top New Jersey political figure, dies at 78

June 18, 2019 9:43 pmJune 19, 2019 9:01 am

Joseph J. Simunovich, a popular and influential fixture in North Jersey politics for the last six decades, passed away this evening. He was 78. Simunovich served twelve years as a Hudson County Freeholder and later as chairman of the New...

Baer vs. Helstoski vs. Hollenbeck ’76

April 29, 2018 10:55 amApril 30, 2018 4:52 pm

There’s a great, mostly-forgotten story about Byron Baer and how he came excruciatingly close to winning a congressional seat 42 years ago. The congressman from the 9th district was Henry Helstoski, a six-term Democrat with a trademark crew cut who...

Round 1: The Race for Acting Mayor of Jersey City

March 17, 2018 4:04 pmMarch 19, 2018 8:32 am

Let’s pretend Steve Fulop isn’t being totally straightforward — that he runs for Congress in 2018 and wins. That would trigger a special election for Mayor of Jersey City in 2019. After January 3, 2019, when Fulop would resign to...

How Sacco got to the Senate

March 12, 2018 5:16 amApril 2, 2018 9:35 am

When Nicholas Sacco decided he wanted the 32nd district Senate seat in 1993, two years after he became Mayor of North Bergen, he just took it. That’s the kind of clout a North Bergen mayor has in that legislative district....

Happy 97th Birthday, Cornelius Gallagher

March 2, 2018 2:39 amOctober 17, 2018 8:29 pm

New Jersey’s oldest living former congressman, Cornelius Gallagher, is celebrating his 97th birthday today. Known as Neil, the charismatic, affable Bayonne Democrat represented Hudson County in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1959 to 1973. As a congressman, Gallagher became...