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Van Drew gets Forsythe’s old office

November 30, 2018 10:35 pmNovember 30, 2018 10:48 pm

Rep.-elect Jeff Van Drew (D-Dennis) has been assigned an office that New Jersey’s Edwin B. Forsythe occupied in the 1970’s. Van Drew will be in Room 331 of the Cannon House Office Building. Forsythe, the bow-tie wearing former New Jersey...

New Jerseys 20 Living ex-Congressmen

October 15, 2018 9:15 amOctober 15, 2018 1:40 pm

Rush Holt is 70 today, the 11th oldest of the nineteen living former Congressmen from New Jersey. The oldest is Cornelius Gallagher, who celebrated his 97th birthday last March. The Bayonne Democrat was first elected to Congress in 1958, making...

LoBiondo has $283k in bank

July 15, 2018 10:51 amJuly 15, 2018 12:48 pm

Rep. Frank LoBiondo (R-Ventnor), who is retiring after 24 years in Congress, has $283,940 remaining in his campaign account. He has not yet contributed to the Republican nominee for his 2nd district seat, Seth Grossman. He contributed $1,000 to Rep....

The 2020 House Short List

April 17, 2018 9:55 amApril 18, 2018 10:18 am

If Patrick Murray is right and New Jersey sends twelve Democrats to the U.S. House of Representatives next year, the state would brace for another cycle of competitive congressional races in 2020 – this time with a mostly new crop...

Wave year elections in New Jersey

February 19, 2018 11:21 am

Two modern era wave elections happened so long ago that a comparison to New Jersey in 2018 is apples and oranges. But both are examples of highly-charged mid-term elections that allowed Democrats in the wake of the Watergate scandal to...

If Van Drew wins, here’s what comes next

January 15, 2018 11:49 amMarch 5, 2018 1:46 am

If Jeff Van Drew is successful in his bid for a seat in the U.S. House of Representatives this fall, it will set up a series of moves for the legislature next year. Republicans may see greater opportunities in the...

NJ Open House Seats rarely flip parties

January 14, 2018 5:08 pm

If Jeff Van Drew wins Frank LoBiondo’s seat in Congress, it will be just the sixth time since World War II that an open New Jersey House seat was won by the other party. Two of those were in 1948,...