NJ Women in Congress: just 6 of 310
New Jersey has elected 304 men and six women to serve in the U.S. House of Representatives. So you don’t have to reach for a calculator, that’s 98% men, 2% women. If you start the clock in 1922 — the...
Tag: Sheila Oliver
Dems lose Assembly seat, for now
Just stating the obvious: the Democrats majority in the New Jersey State Assembly dropped today from 54-26 to 53 seats, with the resignation of Assemblywoman Sheila Oliver (D-East Orange) to become the Lt. Governor. Two other vacancies are on the...
The Trailblazers from Essex County
Before Sheila Oliver takes the oath of office as the first black Lieutenant Governor of New Jersey tomorrow, she will attend an inaugural prayer service at the Shiloh Baptist Church in Trenton. That’s a fitting tribute to the late Rev....
The Murphy Inaugural Experience begins
The Phil Murphy Inaugural Experience – their term, like it’s some kind of theme park adventure – begins at noon tomorrow with an Interfaith Prayer Service at the Cathedral Basilica of the Sacred Heart in Newark. Several prominent members of...
Assembly lawyer, campaign staffer to Counsel’s office
A veteran lawyer for the State Assembly and a former clerk to Chief Justice Stuart Rabner will assume top posts in the Chief Counsel’s office when Phil Murphy becomes Governor next week. Murphy has named Kate McConnell and Parimal Garg...
Murphy service includes lobbyist’s prayer
An interfaith prayer service in honor of Gov.-elect Phil Murphy will include a prayer given by an influential Trenton lobbyist and Democratic strategist who is also an ordained interfaith minister. Pastor Idida Rodriguez is a partner at Essex County Democratic...
Evidence that Murphy isn’t superstitious
Phil Murphy is the first Governor to hold an inauguration day prayer service at the Shiloh Baptist Church in Trenton since Jim Florio did it in 1990. At least he didn’t pick the Princeton University Chapel, where Jim McGreevey and...