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 ...

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, 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 ...

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 ...