Peter Shapiro Archives - Page 6 of 6

18-year-old Republican runs for Hudson County Executive

March 11, 2019 9:51 amMarch 11, 2019 3:34 pm

Tom DeGise might face a general election opponent who is 50 years his junior. Eighteen-year-old college student Kennith Gonzalez announced today that he will seek the Republican nomination for Hudson County Executive. A political science student at Seton Hall University,...

Trailblazer: Congressman Donald Payne, Sr.

January 21, 2019 12:16 amJanuary 21, 2019 12:39 am

Donald Payne, Sr. (1934-2012) was the first African American 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...

Trailblazer: Mayor Kenneth Gibson

January 21, 2019 12:09 amJanuary 21, 2019 1:26 am

Kenneth Gibson became the first African American to serve as mayor of a major northeastern city when he ousted two-term incumbent Hugh Addonizio in 1970. Gibson had served as an engineer for the New Jersey Highway Department and as the...

Burt Sebold, Essex Democratic stalwart, dies at 84

November 4, 2018 11:42 amNovember 5, 2018 2:22 pm

Burton W. Sebold, a Korean War veteran and loyal Democrat who spent nearly fifty years in local politics with a fervent dedication to his cause, a pleasing personality, and solid personal integrity, passed away on Friday after an illness. He...

Kenney to be Dem candidate for Essex Surrogate

September 25, 2018 6:01 pmSeptember 25, 2018 8:36 pm

Essex County Democrats have picked former Newark deputy mayor Alturrick Kenney as their candidate for Surrogate to replace Ted Stephens, who resigned earlier this month to become the new Essex County Prosecutor. Kenney,40, will face Republican John Anello, a 31-year-old...

Essex County Nostalgia

May 14, 2018 9:44 amMay 14, 2018 3:20 pm

Great old photo from Essex County — the day Peter Shapiro was sworn in as the first Essex County Executive in 1979: clockwise starting from the bottom left – former Newark City Councilman Calvin West; Essex County Freeholders Renee Lane,...

The Republican screw up that made Menendez Mayor

March 13, 2018 2:02 amMarch 14, 2018 2:16 am

The success of Bob Menendez’s political career might be because of bad staff work. The story starts in 1976, when Hudson County gave Jimmy Carter a paltry 23,605 vote margin against Gerald Ford. Assembly Speaker Joseph LeFante (D-Bayonne), largely blamed...