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Barbara Curran, former assemblywoman, dies at 81

January 29, 2022 10:28 pm

Barbara A. Curran, a former assemblywoman, Board of Public Utilities Commissioner and Superior Court Judge who became the first woman to serve in all three branches of state government, died on Saturday morning. She was 81. Curran became involved in...

Sherrill backer Barbara Curran was first woman NJ GOP executive director

October 30, 2018 6:37 pm

A primer on former Assemblywoman Barbara Curran, a Republican who endorsed Democrat Mikie Sherrill for Congress in New Jersey’s 11th district. Curran became involved in politics working on Richard Nixon’s 1968 presidential campaign and managed former Senate President Frank McDermott’s...