James P. Dugan to John Currie, the Democratic Chairs and Their Terms of Service
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Going back to the 1970s, following is a list of the Democratic State Party chairs and the length of their terms of service. Sitting Chairman John Currie is the longest-serving chair among them.
James P. Dugan – 1973-1977
Richard J. Coffee – 1977-1981
Raymond M. Durkin – 1985-1990
Raymond Lesniak – 1992-1994
Tom Byrne – 1994-1997
Thomas P. Giblin – 1997-2001
Joseph J. Roberts – 2001-2002
Bonnie Coleman – 2002-2006
Joseph Cryan – 2006-2010
John S. Wisniewski – 2010-2013
John Currie – 2013 – Present (2019)
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If Leroy Jones things Essex County is going to be happy about this, he’s wrong. Why would we want our municipal chair beholden to Sweeney? We voted overwhelmingly for Murphy, and we see that Sweeney’s just trying to undermine him.