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Michael Piarulli, former Camden freeholder and 1966 congressional candidate, dies at 93

August 27, 2020 12:38 pmAugust 27, 2020 2:09 pm

Michael J. Piarulli, a former Camden County freeholder and the 1966 Democratic candidate for Congress in New Jersey’s 1st district, died on August 21. He was 94. He entered local politics in 1959 when he came the Camden City Solicitor...

Lewis Kaden, counsel to Gov. Brendan Byrne, dies at 78

June 29, 2020 1:58 amJune 29, 2020 2:04 am

Lewis B. Kaden, Gov. Brendan Byrne’s first counsel and a former aide to U.S. Senator Robert F. Kennedy, died on Sunday. He was 78. He died of injuries related to a fall at his Westchester home on June 15, according...

Martin Luther King III featured in Kennedy radio ad

June 7, 2020 3:06 pmJune 7, 2020 10:31 pm

Martin Luther King III, the son of the slain civil rights leader, is featured on a new radio ad endorsing Amy Kennedy for the Democratic nomination for Congress in New Jersey’s 2nd district. The ad criticizes “the deadly pattern of...

Holley being urged to challenge Murphy in ’21 Democratic primary

March 13, 2020 1:59 pmMarch 13, 2020 2:42 pm

Assemblyman Jamel C. Holley (D-Roselle) acknowledged that he is being recruited to challenge Gov. Phil Murphy in the 2021 Democratic gubernatorial primary, and while saying he hasn’t really thought about it, he stopped short of ruling it out. “There are...

Joe Kennedy raising money in N.J. this week

March 3, 2020 9:45 amMay 19, 2020 11:09 am

A group of powerful New Jersey Democrats are hosting a fundraiser for Rep. Joseph P. Kennedy III to boost his campaign a United States Senate seat in Massachusetts. State Sen. Vin Gopal (D-Long Branch) is heading the event this Friday...

Key moment for Nixon was when 18 New Jersey Republicans bolted from Case

February 17, 2020 12:12 pm

For some time, presidential primaries in New Jersey where nothing more than beauty contests where the preferred candidate of a voter was deemed so unimportant that their names did not appear on the ballot. Instead, voters had to wrote in...

Holley fires back at Conaway

February 4, 2020 12:21 pm

Assemblyman Jamel Holley fired back at Assemblyman Herb Conaway after the latter suggested Holley’s vocal opposition to a leadership-backed bill eliminating a religious vaccination exemption could be losing him some support in the chamber. “This legislation stripping the rights of...