Reed Gusciora Archives - New Jersey Globe

Trailblazer: Walter Gilbert Alexander

January 17, 2022 12:14 amJanuary 16, 2022 10:17 pm

Walter Gilbert Alexander (1880-1953), the son of former slaves, was the first Black to serve in the New Jersey State Assembly. A Republican, he was elected in 1920. Alexander was born in Virginia in 1880. He went to college at...

Trailblazer: Senator Hutchins Inge

January 17, 2022 12:11 amJanuary 16, 2022 4:37 pm

Hutchins Inge (1900-2002) was the first Black to serve in the New Jersey State Senate. A Newark physician, Inge was elected to the Senate in 1965, unseated Republican Senate Minority Leader C. Robert Sarcone by 7,144 votes. The opportunity for...

Dover school board to swear in one of state’s first openly trans elected officials

January 3, 2022 11:51 amJanuary 5, 2022 11:09 am

Daniella Mendez, a transgender woman who says she is the first openly transgender elected official in Morris County history and one of the first in state history, will be sworn in tomorrow to a seat on the Dover Board of...

Trenton councilwoman’s latest racist comments draw rebuke from Latino, Black lawmakers

October 10, 2021 3:59 pmOctober 10, 2021 11:28 pm

Trenton City Councilwoman Robin Vaughn is in hot water again, with Black and Brown legislators issuing a strong worded statement scolding her for asking the city’s Latino business administrator if he spoke English. The Trentonian first reported that Vaughn “lashed...

Women legislators hard-pressed to increase their numbers in 2021

August 11, 2021 11:38 amAugust 11, 2021 11:40 am

The New Jersey state legislature, where all four legislative leaders and nearly 60% of all legislators are white men, is a body that has room to grow more diverse. But based on the candidates running this November, the 2021 elections...

With early voting signed, urban mayors take aim at Ciattarelli’s voting reform plan

March 30, 2021 2:00 pmMarch 31, 2021 10:07 am

This article was updated with comment from the Ciattarelli campaign at 7:04 p.m. A swath of Democratic urban mayors attacked Republican gubernatorial candidate Jack Ciattarelli over his election reform platform Tuesday, charging it was in lock-step with Republican efforts to...

March 20, 2021: Senator Joe Lagana and Mayor Reed Gusciora

March 20, 2021 6:36 pmMarch 27, 2021 7:11 pm

Click PLAY to listen State Sen. Joseph Lagana (D-Paramus) and Trenton Mayor Reed Gusciora joined host David Wildstein on the New Jersey Globe Power Hour on Talk Radio 77 WABC on Saturday, March 20. Wildstein spoke to Lagana about New...