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Christopher Dietz, onetime Democratic powerbroker, dies at 83

September 16, 2019 7:19 pmSeptember 16, 2019 8:33 pm

Christopher V. Dietz, a former Union County Democratic Chairman who headed the State Parole Board under Gov. Brendan Byrne, and then spent seven years as a Superior Court Judge died on September 14. He was 83. One a rising star...

Donald Lan, former Secretary of State and gubernatorial candidate, dies at 88

May 1, 2019 10:01 amMay 1, 2019 8:14 pm

Donald P. Lan, a former New Jersey Secretary of State and a candidate for the 1981 Democratic nomination for governor, died on April 29. He was 88. A major player in New Jersey politics through the 1970’s, he was Gov....

Rice got it wrong: Union County elected their first black county chairman in 1977

April 18, 2019 9:35 amApril 18, 2019 11:00 am

State Sen. Ronald Rice (D-Newark) had his facts wrong yesterday when he told InsiderNJ that Jerry Green was the first black Union County Democratic chairman. That happened 42 years ago. Donald Lan was stepping down as county chairman in 1977...

LaCorte will run again in Union

January 22, 2019 2:33 pm

James LaCorte will seek a fifth term as Union County Surrogate. “I intend to seek re-election,” LaCorte told the New Jersey Globe. Republicans have not won a countywide election in Union County since 1995 and have not won a race...

Scutari mulls options to deal with Linden mayor

March 14, 2018 10:35 amMarch 15, 2018 12:38 pm

It looks like Linden Mayor Derek Armstead has really poked the bear, picking an immense fight with his most powerful constituent just a month before the filing deadline for his re-election campaign. The thing is that Armstead’s powerful constituent is...

In Memoriam: Dem activists

January 27, 2018 10:46 pm

Richard Sparks, Sr., a retired ironworker who was a president of the Linden First Ward Democratic Club when John Gregorio was mayor, passed away on January 23 at age 84. Olga Kozielec, known to many Middlesex County Democrats as “Aunt...

Farewell to Ray Lesniak

January 9, 2018 12:55 am

Raymond Lesniak cast his final vote in Trenton on Monday – the final chapter of a 40-year career in the New Jersey Legislature. The current generation knows him as a progressive leader; older people like me also recall, with approbation,...