HILDA SOLIS PRAISES CORZINE’S EFFORTS ON BEHALF OF WORKING LATINO FAMILIES ACROSS NEW JERSEY

By New Jersey Democratic State Committee | October 18th, 2009 - 2:04pm
HILDA SOLIS PRAISES CORZINE’S EFFORTS
ON BEHALF OF WORKING  LATINO FAMILIES
ACROSS NEW JERSEY

 
(PATERSON) – Governor Jon S. Corzine and Senator Loretta Weinberg today were joined on the campaign trail by Hilda Solis at a breakfast event hosted by Assemblywoman Nellie Pou (D-Paterson) to energize and invigorate Hispanic women and celebrate Governor Corzine’s achievements on-behalf of women and New Jersey’s Latino community.

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CRYAN ANNOUNCES PRES.CLINTON, REP. HONDA/SANCHEZ, HILDA SOLIS, CAROLINE KENNEDY, STELLA O'LEARY & ?UESTLOVE TO CAMPAIGN FOR DEMS

By New Jersey Democratic State Committee | October 15th, 2009 - 6:16pm
CRYAN ANNOUNCES -- PRESIDENT CLINTON & CONGRESSIONAL MEMBERS HONDA/SANCHEZ, HILDA SOLIS, CAROLINE KENNEDY, STELLA O’LEARY & ?UESTLOVE -- TO CAMPAIGN FOR DEMOCRATS

New Jersey Democratic State Chairman Joseph P. Cryan today announced that national Democratic leaders including President William J. Clinton, United States Congressional members Michael Honda (D-CA) and Loretta Sanchez (D-CA), Hilda Solis, Caroline Kennedy, Stella O’Leary and ?uestLove will take part in campaign stops across New Jersey to energize New Jersey voters and continue to grow support for Governor Jon S. Corzine, Senator Loretta Weinberg and Democrats at all levels across the State.

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Clinton, national Democratic leaders to campaign for Corzine in coming days

Clinton, national Democratic leaders to campaign for Corzine in coming days
State Party Chairman Joe Cryan (center) at last week's LG debate at Monmouth University.
By Max Pizarro | October 15th, 2009 - 5:57pm

Democratic State Chairman Joe Cryan today amplified news about next week's rally with President Barack Obama and a Monday appearance in Middlesex by Vice President Joe Biden by announcing an incoming procession of party leaders for Gov. Jon Corzine, including former President William J. Clinton, United States Congressional members Michael Honda (D-CA) and Loretta Sanchez (D-CA), Secretary of Labor Hilda Solis, and Caroline Kennedy.

Clinton will attend a rally with state Sen. Loretta Weinberg (D-Teaneck) next Tuesday afternoon at the Collingswood Ballroom in Collingswood; and a rally with Corzine at Rutgers University in New Brunswick on Tuesday evening.

Honda is scheduled to bond with voters at a Saturday, Oct. 17 Filipino American Heritage Month Rally in Old Bridge, a Chinese Americans’ Moon Festival Rally in Princeton, and a Korean Americans’ Harvest Moon Festival Rally in Engelwood.

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Obama picks Montclair resident as Deputy Labor Secretary

By Matt Friedman | February 24th, 2009 - 1:27pm
Obama picks Montclair resident as Deputy Labor Secretary
Seth Harris of Montclair, who is President Obama's pick for Deputy U.S. Secretary of Labor.

Montclair resident Seth Harris, a Clinton Administration veteran, has been tapped by President Obama to be Deputy Secretary of the Department of Labor under Secretary Hilda Solis.

Harris is a professor at New York Law School and was an official on the Obama transition team for labor, education and transportation. 

During the Clinton years he served as Counselor to the Secretary of Labor and Acting Assistant Secretary of Labor for Policy, according to an Obama Administration press release. 

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