Thomas Holleran Archives - New Jersey Globe

Labor Leader: Paul J. Krebs, last president of NJ CIO served one-term in Congress

September 7, 2020 12:01 amSeptember 6, 2020 12:24 am

The last New Jersey Democrat to lose a U.S. Senate race in New Jersey was Paul Krebs (1912-1996), labor leader and one-term congressman from Livingston. His story involves one of the great New Jersey labor union feuds. The account starts...

Martin Fox, who ran for Congress 68 years ago, dies of coronavirus

April 11, 2020 1:37 pmApril 12, 2020 3:55 pm

Martin S. Fox, who was 28-years-old when he challenged Rep. Robert W. Kean (R-Livingston) in 1952, has died of complications related to the coronavirus. He was 95. Fox was New Jersey’s longest-living congressional candidate, passing away nearly 68 years after...

Labor Leader: Paul J. Krebs, last president of NJ CIO served one-term in Congress

September 2, 2019 1:01 amSeptember 2, 2019 1:51 am

The last New Jersey Democrat to lose a U.S. Senate race in New Jersey was Paul Krebs (1912-1996), labor leader and one-term congressman from Livingston. His story involves one of the great New Jersey labor union feuds. The account starts...

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...

A great NJ labor union feud and the last Democrat to lose a U.S. Senate race

April 22, 2018 2:51 pmApril 23, 2018 11:36 pm

The last New Jersey Democrat to lose a U.S. Senate race in New Jersey was Paul Krebs, labor leader and one-term congressman from Livingston. His story involves one of the great New Jersey labor union feuds. The account starts in...