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Trailblazer: Congressman Donald Payne Sr.

January 16, 2023   12:14 amJanuary 15, 2023   4:45 pm
Donald Payne, Sr. (1934-2012) was the first Black  to represent New Jersey in the U.S. House of Representatives. He had run for Congress twice before winning the seat in 1988. In 1970, Payne became the first African American to serve...
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Trailblazer: Assemblyman George Richardson

January 16, 2023   12:02 amJanuary 16, 2023   12:04 am
George C. Richardson (1931-2021) was a maverick civil rights leader who served four terms in the New Jersey State Assembly in the 1960s and 1970s. Richardson had sought to become the first Black to serve in the New Jersey Senate...
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Smith wins 22nd term in 4th congressional district

November 8, 2022   9:12 pmNovember 8, 2022   10:11 pm
The New Jersey Globe projects that Rep. Chris Smith (R-Manchester) has won re-election, defeating Democrat Matt Jenkins in the 4th congressional district. As of 10:11 p.m. and with an estimated 85% of votes reported, Smith leads Jenkins by a 67%-31%%...
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Elizabeth Holtzman had a huge impact on N.J. politics. Here’s how

June 5, 2022   12:36 amAugust 19, 2022   5:33 pm
Elizabeth Holtzman, an 80-year-old former congresswoman from New York considering a political comeback 50 years after her first election, is eternally linked to New Jersey politics. In 1972,  Holtzman, a Harvard Law School graduate and former aide to New York...
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Veterans: Six World War I veterans elected to NJ Assembly

May 30, 2022   12:02 amMay 29, 2022   6:42 pm
Six young World War I veterans were elected to the New Jersey State Assembly during the first three years after the war ended: Francis A. Stanton (D-Hoboken) and Thomas Lloyd Lewis (R-Asbury Park) in 1918; Felix Forlenza (D-South Orange) and...
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Trailblazer: Senator Wynona Lipman

January 17, 2022   12:20 amJanuary 16, 2022   10:18 pm
Wynona M. Lipman (1923-1999) was the first African American woman to serve in the New Jersey State Senate.  She served as a Senator from 1972 until her death in 1999. Born in Georgia, she was a Fulbright scholar studying at...
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Trailblazer: Congressman Donald Payne Sr.

January 17, 2022   12:19 amJanuary 16, 2022   10:18 pm
Donald Payne, Sr. (1934-2012) was the first Black  to represent New Jersey in the U.S. House of Representatives. He had run for Congress twice before winning the seat in 1988. In 1970, Payne became the first African American to serve...
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