Bill Martini Archives - New Jersey Globe

78% of successful House challengers were political unknowns

May 11, 2020 3:16 pmMay 14, 2020 10:25 am

In a race for Congress, New Jerseyans are historically more likely to vote for someone they had never really heard of against an incumbent Member of Congress than they are to go with someone who has been winning elections for...

Pascrell warchest stands at $1.85 million

April 15, 2020 6:21 pm

Rep. Bill Pascrell (D-Paterson) has $1,849,956 in his campaign warchest after raising $133,837 during the first quarter of 2020, dwarfing the campaign fundraising of two challengers in the 9th district Democratic primary. Pascrell has raised $1,024,123 since starting his 12th...

Passaic GOP picks Prempeh to take on Pascrell

February 26, 2020 8:47 pmFebruary 26, 2020 9:37 pm

Passaic County Republicans are backing Billy Prempeh for Congress in New Jersey’s 9th district. Prempeh and Tim Walsh are battling for the chance to take on 12-term Rep. Bill Pascrell (D-Paterson) in the general election. Prempeh defeated Walsh 19 to...

Former congressmen still holding on to warchests

February 20, 2020 12:48 pmFebruary 20, 2020 1:39 pm

Six former congressmen from New Jersey have a combined warchest of nearly $900,000, according to reports filed with the federal election commission. And Frank Lautenberg, who has been dead for nearly seven years, has $89,803 remaining in his campaign account....

Spezakis has raised $160k for primary challenge against Pascrell

January 31, 2020 9:06 pmJanuary 31, 2020 9:58 pm

Zina Spezakis, who is challenging 12-term Rep. Bill Pascrell, Jr. (D-Paterson) from the left in the Democratic primary, has raised $160,358 and as $84,609 remaining in her campaign warchest. Spezakis reported a fundraising haul of $67,438 for the 4th quarter...

Pascrell has $1.8 million warchest

January 31, 2020 10:20 amJanuary 31, 2020 10:55 am

Rep. Bill Pascrell (D-Paterson) raised more than $265,000 in the 4th quarter of 2019, bringing is total haul last year to over $890,000 as he prepares to seek re-election to a 13th term in New Jersey’s 9th district. Pascrell has...

The curse of the Longworth Building

December 1, 2018 5:24 pmDecember 1, 2018 11:18 pm

Good news for Tom Malinowski and Jeff Van Drew: New Jersey congressmen who spend their first two years in the Cannon House Office Building are statistically more likely to get re-elected than freshmen who draw an office in Longworth. Fourteen...