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Matthew Lassiter’s history plays out in ranch houses, high school parking lots, and courtrooms from Shaker Heights to Westchester to Orange County.

Steve Sweeney is capable of winning the NJ Democratic nomination for governor, but he faces myriad challenges. Can he pull it off?

New Jersey’s Frank J. Guarini, Jr. became America’s oldest living former congressman on Thursday, and today celebrates his 99th birthday. The Jersey City

Between the two of them, Richard Codey and Nia Gill, have served nearly 80 years in the New Jersey legislature.  But one will be gone after Tuesday after

Most people in New Jersey politics today probably never heard of Albert Vreeland or Frank Osmers, two young New Jersey Congressmen who placed patriotism

The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2008 was awarded jointly to Osamu Shimomura, Martin Chalfie and Roger Y. Tsien "for the discovery and development of the green fluorescent protein, GFP"

David S. Way, a former Pequannock mayor who was among a diminishing number of New Jerseyans to have held local office during the presidency of Dwight

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.  

Frank J. Guarini, Jr., who served as a congressman from a Hudson County district for fourteen years, celebrates his 98th birthday today. The Jersey City

It all started with William Livingston in 1776. He was reelected each year until his death in 1790. From there, the revolving door began to spin.