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Trailblazer: Mayor Glenn Cunningham

January 19, 2026 12:03 amJanuary 18, 2026 10:52 pm

Glenn Cunningham (1943-2004) was the first and only Black to win election for mayor of Jersey City. After serving in the Marines, Cunningham began a 25-year career as a Jersey City police officer. He retired as a captain. Cunningham began...

2025 New Jersey Globe Year in Review

December 31, 2025 3:25 pmJanuary 8, 2026 11:04 am

Click HERE to download a high-resolution version of the 2025 New Jersey Globe Voter’s Guide. Click HERE for a lower-resolution version For the eighth time, the New Jersey Globe presents our annual Year in Review, a look back at the...

Trailblazer: Mayor Glenn Cunningham

January 20, 2025 12:04 amJanuary 19, 2025 8:23 pm

Glenn Cunningham (1943-2004) was the first and only Black to win election for mayor of Jersey City. After serving in the Marines, Cunningham began a 25-year career as a Jersey City police officer. He retired as a captain. Cunningham began...

A brief electoral history of Steve Sweeney

January 25, 2024 6:32 pmJanuary 27, 2024 12:54 pm

Last month, former Senate President Steve Sweeney (D-West Deptford) did something he’s been wanting to do for a decade: launch a campaign for governor of New Jersey. Sweeney, a union ironworker from South Jersey, is one of several Democrats who...

Polistina, Singer express openness to voting for budget

June 26, 2023 5:29 pm

With a deal on the New Jersey state budget coming together, two moderate Republican senators, State Sens. Vince Polistina (R-Egg Harbor) and Bob Singer (R-Lakewood), are both sounding open to the idea of voting in favor of the ultimate budget...

Eight Superior Court judges confirmed, with Caride’s nomination delayed

June 20, 2023 2:49 pmJune 20, 2023 3:19 pm

The New Jersey State Senate confirmed eight new judges to the Superior Court today, all of them on unanimous votes. Two of the new judges, Niki Arbittier and Caroline Oliveira, were approved by the Senate Judiciary Committee just this morning,...

A brief electoral history of Steve Fulop

April 14, 2023 11:24 am

And so it begins. Earlier this week, Jersey City Mayor Steve Fulop announced that he will seek the Democratic nomination for governor of New Jersey in 2025. He’s not the first to say he’s running – that distinction belongs to...