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Labor Leader: James Mitchell, U.S. Secretary of Labor and N.J. gubernatorial candidate

September 5, 2022 12:16 amSeptember 4, 2022 3:35 pm

James P. Mitchell (1900-1964) was a New Jersey construction company executive who served as Dwight Eisenhower’s Secretary of Labor and then nearly won a race for Governor of New Jersey. Mitchell grew up in Elizabeth and worked in the administration...

Labor Leader: Vincent J. Murphy was NJ AFL-CIO president, two-term Mayor of Newark

September 5, 2022 12:10 amSeptember 4, 2022 4:08 pm

One of the most influential labor leaders in New Jersey history was Vincent J. Murphy (1893-1976), who spent nine years as the president of the New Jersey AFL-CIO after two terms as the Mayor of Newark. He was the Democratic...

Harold Curry, two-term Democratic assemblyman from Warren County in the 1960s, dies at 89

May 17, 2022 10:34 amMay 17, 2022 4:06 pm

Harold J. Curry, a Democrat who served as an assemblyman from Warren County from 1964 to 1968, died on March 21. He was 89. Curry was the Democratic candidate for Warren County Freeholder in 1962, running in President John F....

N.J. State Senators more likely to die in office than win election as governor

November 21, 2021 2:33 pm

New Jersey State Senators are more likely to die in office than to use the Senate as a springboard to another elected post. Under the current State Constitution passed in 1947, 68 sitting state senators have asked voters to promote...

Labor Leader: James Mitchell, U.S. Secretary of Labor and N.J. gubernatorial candidate

September 6, 2021 12:09 amSeptember 5, 2021 6:02 pm

James P. Mitchell (1900-1964) was a New Jersey construction company executive who served as Dwight Eisenhower’s Secretary of Labor and then nearly won a race for Governor of New Jersey. Mitchell grew up in Elizabeth and worked in the administration...

Labor Leader: Vincent J. Murphy was NJ AFL-CIO president, two-term Mayor of Newark

September 6, 2021 12:01 amSeptember 4, 2021 3:46 pm

One of the most influential labor leaders in New Jersey history was Vincent J. Murphy (1893-1976), who spent nine years as the president of the New Jersey AFL-CIO after two terms as the Mayor of Newark. He was the Democratic...

Ciattarelli looks to be 6th person to win NJ gubernatorial primary on second try

December 24, 2020 4:13 pmDecember 24, 2020 4:19 pm

If Jack Ciattarelli wins the Republican primary for Governor of New Jersey next year, he will become the sixth person to win the nomination on their second try. Eight others have lost consecutive gubernatorial runs. Of the five, only one...