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No district has gone longer without electing a Democrat than the 40th

September 7, 2019 5:21 pmSeptember 7, 2019 5:50 pm

No legislative district in the state has gone longer without electing a Democrat than the 40th, which includes parts of Bergen, Passaic, Morris and Essex counties. It’s been 54 years since a Democrat won an Assembly seat there, which makes...

Some 1960s Bergen County political history

March 3, 2019 10:22 pmMarch 4, 2019 8:59 am

Until the U.S. Supreme Court’s one-man, one-vote ruling, Bergen County began the 1960’s with one state Senator – Walter Jones (R-Norwood) — and seven Assembly seats. Jones gave up that Senate seat after eight years in 1961 to run for...

Former Assemblyman and Judge from Bergen dies

October 23, 2018 6:48 amOctober 22, 2018 11:03 pm

Robert E. Hamer, who served as an Assemblyman from Bergen County and as a Superior Court Judge, died on July 4. He was 88. The New Jersey Globe regrets missing his passing, as The (Bergen) Record surely does as well....