NEWARK — It was a rare loss for Dick Codey. Four years ago, the former senate president-turned-governor threw his support and a bundle of money behind the state’s largest city, joining with two others ...

Former Gov. and current Sen. Richard Codey, D-27 th District, unexpectedly announced Aug. 14 that he would not be seeking re-election this fall and will retire. “I’m not gonna lie, this is a tough day ...

Shortly after Gov. James McGreevey stepped down in 2004, I received a call from then-Senate President and soon-to-be Gov. Richard Codey. The call was meant to be a simple inquiry to see if I would ...

TRENTON, N.J. (CBSNewYork/AP)-- Former Gov. Dick Codey said Thursday a feud with Gov. Chris Christie over judicial nominees is demeaning to the office of the governor and needs to stop, and he called ...

In the past 200 years, New Jersey has had an acting governor a dozen times. But no one in that position has made as much of an imprint as Richard J. Codey, the state Senate president who unexpectedly ...

TRENTON -- It was something Senate President Richard Codey had done countless times before — posing for a grip-and-grin photo in the ornate and empty Senate chamber, accepting a plaque in his honor.

My wife would roll her eyes when I used that line whenever then-Gov. Richard Codey called. He was not reaching out to a sports columnist, of course, to break down the latest budget impasse or offer ...