With Republicans running the White House and both houses of Congress, the nation's capital might seem like a one-party town.

As with many industrial communities, Perth Amboy was more than just a one-party town.

And those of us involved in political parties should encourage challenges to incumbents - especially in primaries in our one-party town.

But old habits die hard, and it will take more than the likable Ms. Murray to change the culture of cronyism in a one-party town.

Yet another is that for years New York has been essentially a one-party town.

The medieval ideal was clearly a one-party town.

Part of the problem," he said, "is that New York has been a one-party town almost like an old Southern state.

They do provide a rare glimpse of how to become a police officer in a one-party town.

In a one-party town like ours, that means Democratic without being democratic.

In this one-party town, Republicans cannot hope to win citywide as Republicans.