Template:Did you know nominations/Essex County Executive


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The result was: promoted by Cwmhiraeth (talk) 12:43, 19 April 2018 (UTC)

Essex County Executive

 * ... that when the first Essex County Executive was elected in New Jersey in 1978, The New York Times described the position as "considered by many to be second in power only to that of the Governor"? Source:  "Assemblyman Peter Shapiro, the Democrat, apparently defeated his Republican rival, Robert F. Notte, yesterday in the race for the newly created post of County Executive in Essex County. The post, considered by many to be second in power only to that of the Governor, was created in a restructuring of the operations of county government for the approximately one million residents of the county, which has an annual budget of more than $189 million."
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 * Reviewed: Jordan Trail

Created by Alansohn (talk). Self-nominated at 03:10, 22 March 2018 (UTC).


 * Symbol confirmed.svg The article is new enough, is more than long enough, and is within policy. No obvious copyvios or other problems. The hook is short enough, properly sourced, and quite interesting. QPQ is valid. Good to go. Excellent job with this article – I enjoyed reading it very much. Kevin ( aka L235 ·&#32; t ·&#32; c) 21:31, 18 April 2018 (UTC)