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Democrat who ran against Kean grandfather 67 years ago voting for Malinowski

April 18, 2019 1:49 pmApril 18, 2019 11:26 pm

Martin S. Fox was 28-years-old in 1952 when he challenged Rep. Robert W. Kean (R-Livingston) in a race for Congress. Now 94 and New Jersey’s longest living congressional candidate, the Millburn resident said he expects to vote for Rep. Tom...

James Ahearn, New Jersey journalist for seven decades, dies at 88

April 16, 2019 10:31 amApril 16, 2019 1:47 pm

James F. Ahearn, a legendary and respected New Jersey reporter and editor, died on Saturday. He was 88. Ahearn launched his journalism career as a wire service reporter with United Press International in Boston. UPI sent him to Trenton in...

New Jersey hasn’t elected a president since 1912

April 13, 2019 11:04 am

U.S. Senator Cory Booker holds a hometown kickoff rally today to become the first New Jerseyan to win the presidency since Gov. Woodrow Wilson in 1912. Booker is one of two Bergen County native to seek the presidency next year....

The last NJ First Lady to run for Congress

February 6, 2019 1:07 amFebruary 6, 2019 1:50 am

If Mary Pat Christie runs for Congress, she wouldn’t be the first former First Lady of New Jersey to serve in the U.S. House of Representatives. In 1974, Helen Stevenson Meyner defeated freshman Rep. Joseph Maraziti (R-Boonton) in what was...

Two 2020 Democratic presidential candidates grew up in Bergen County

February 1, 2019 6:59 amFebruary 1, 2019 7:57 am

U.S. Senator Cory Booker wants to be the first New Jerseyan to win the presidency since Gov. Woodrow Wilson in 1912. In 1960, New Jersey’s delegates to the Democratic National Convention were pledged to Gov. Robert Meyner, the favorite-son candidate....

The best party switching story ever

January 28, 2019 9:45 pmJanuary 29, 2019 2:47 am

It should come as no surprise to New Jerseyans that the greatest party switching story comes out of Hudson County. In 1954, ten-term Rep. Edward Hart (D-Jersey City) gave up his congressional seat so that he could get an appointment...

Trailblazer: Justice James Coleman, Jr.

January 21, 2019 12:00 amJanuary 21, 2019 1:55 am

James H. Coleman, Jr., 85, the son of a sharecropper who was forced to attend racially segregated public schools in Lawrenceville, was the first African American to serve on the New Jersey Supreme Court. Coleman joined the New Jersey Department...

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Democrat who ran against Kean grandfather 67 years ago voting for Malinowski

James Ahearn, New Jersey journalist for seven decades, dies at 88

New Jersey hasn’t elected a president since 1912

The last NJ First Lady to run for Congress

Two 2020 Democratic presidential candidates grew up in Bergen County

The best party switching story ever

Trailblazer: Justice James Coleman, Jr.

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