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"?
... that when the first <b id="mwAiY"><a href="./Essex_County_Executive" id="mwAic" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Essex County Executive">Essex County Executive</a></b> was elected in <a href="./New_Jersey" id="mwAig" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="New Jersey">New Jersey</a> in 1978, <i id="mwAik">The New York Times</i> described the position as "considered by many to be second in power only to that of the Governor"?