Rice, who chaired the N.J. Legislative Black Caucus for 18 years, will retire at the end of August. He wanted a woman to succeed him as chair. New Jersey Sen. Ron Rice taking care of his late mom, ...

New Jersey’s longest-serving Black legislator, former Sen. Ronald Rice represented the 28th District in the Legislature for 36 years, 18 of them as chair of the New Jersey Legislative Black Caucus.

Ron Rice served in the U.S. Marine Corps., was a Vietnam War veteran, a former Newark police officer, and served 16 years on Newark City Council.

State Sen. Ron Rice, the longest-serving Black lawmaker in New Jersey history and long one of the state’s most outspoken legislators and advocates for social justice, announced Friday he will ...

Former state Sen. Ronald Rice, a fiercely independent Democrat who represented Newark for decades and was the longest-serving African-American in the Legislature, has died at 77.

Former New Jersey state Sen. Ron Rice, the longest-serving Black lawmaker in state history, died Tuesday after a prolonged illness, one of Rice’s former staffers confirmed. Rice, 77, was a staunch ...