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Chris Smith begins 23rd term in Congress

January 3, 2025 7:17 pmJanuary 3, 2025 7:19 pm

Rep. Christopher Smith (R-Manchester) broke his own record as the longest-serving member of Congress in New Jersey history today when he took the oath of office for his 23rd term. After Smith won his first election in 1980, at age...

Rodino was on short list of Carter running mates in ’76

December 29, 2024 4:49 pm

When Jimmy Carter picked Walter Mondale as the Democratic vice presidential nominee in 1976, a New Jersey congressman was also a finalist. After Carter clinched the Democratic presidential nomination, campaign manager Hamilton Jordan began to develop a list of potential...

An exclusive N.J. club: 11 who came within 1,000 votes of winning a congressional seat

May 10, 2024 6:51 amMay 10, 2024 1:37 pm

One of the most exclusive clubs in New Jersey politics belongs to the group of eleven men who over the last 100 years came within 1,000 votes of winning a seat in the U.S. House of Representatives: John McCloskey, Edward O’Neill,...

Donald Payne, Jr. was just fifth person to hold NJ-10 seat in over 100 years

April 24, 2024 12:11 pmApril 25, 2024 11:10 am

Over the last 100 years, just five congressmen have represented New Jersey’s 10th district; the district was represented for 40 years by Peter W. Rodino, for over 23 years by Donald M. Payne, and since 2012 by Donald M. Payne,...

Trailblazer: Assemblyman George Richardson

January 15, 2024 12:21 amJanuary 14, 2024 9:52 pm

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...

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...

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...