Wynona Lipman

June 12, 2008 - 8:58am

A great Anne Martindell story

Among the legendary stories about former State Senator Anne Martindell, who died yesterday at age 93, was her response to a 1972 assertion by old-time party insider Salvatore Bontempo, that “women don’t participate in our back room party meetings because they don’t want to hear four letter words”. Bontempo was the Democratic State Chairman and Martindell, then a Democratic National Committeewoman, was fairly blunt in her rebuke: “That’s a load of shit,” Martindell said. “I don’t need to be protected by Sal.”

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November 8, 2007 - 9:30am

First Latina

When Teresa Ruiz takes her Senate seat in January, she will become the first Latina to serve in the New Jersey State Senate.  Ruiz will replace Sharpe James, the former Mayor of Newark and Senator since 1999; James did not seek re-election and is currently facing federal corruption charges.

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