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Happy 101st Birthday, Congressman Frank Guarini

August 20, 2025 12:00 amAugust 21, 2025 11:22 am

Frank J. Guarini, Jr., who served as a congressman from a Hudson County district for fourteen years, celebrates his 101st birthday today. The Jersey City Democrat is the oldest living former congressman from New Jersey, the oldest living former statewide...

Van Drew votes against ERA ratification extension after supporting, co-sponsoring it last year

March 17, 2021 9:08 pmMarch 18, 2021 1:14 am

Thirteen months after voting to remove the deadline to ratify the Equal Rights Amendment – a measure he co-sponsored — Rep. Jeff Van Drew (R-Dennis) voted against it today. Van Drew was one of five Republicans to support the measure...

Gottheimer has 41-point lead against Kreibich in NJ-5, internal poll shows

June 23, 2020 11:14 am

Rep. Josh Gottheimer (D-Wyckoff) has a substantial 62%-21% lead over Arati Kreibich in an internal tracking poll of likely Democratic primary voters in New Jersey’s 5th district. With leaners added, Gottheimer’s head-to-head numbers against Kreibich move up to 66%-23%. Kreibich,...

Sires gets huge labor support in bid for 9th term in Congress

June 19, 2020 9:24 am

Nine labor unions have endorsed Rep. Albio Sires (D-West New York) in his bid for re-election to New Jersey’s 8th district. The AFL-CIO, Amalgamated Transit Union International. Laborers International Union, New Jersey Education Association. Teamsters Local 469, NJ State Council...

In New Jersey, Nixon, Reagan landslides didn’t help GOP candidates

February 27, 2020 12:02 amFebruary 26, 2020 10:50 pm

Ronald Reagan carried New Jersey by 672,307 over Walter Mondale in 1984, 60%-39%, but his landslide win of the state’s sixteen electoral votes didn’t have much of an effect on the races for U.S. Senate and Congress. Democrat Bill Bradley...

Van Drew breaks with GOP, supports lifting of ERA ratification deadline

February 13, 2020 11:22 amMarch 17, 2021 8:55 pm

Party-switching Rep. Jeff Van Drew (R-Dennis) voted with House Democrats today to remove the deadline to ratify the Equal Rights Amendment, becoming just one of five Republicans to support the bill. While still a Democrat, Van Drew became a co-sponsor...

ERA extension gets support from 6 of 12 New Jersey House members

July 28, 2019 4:18 pm

A resolution in Congress to extend the deadline for ratification of the Equal Rights Amendment has six co-sponsors from the New Jersey delegation: Reps. Tom Malinowski (D-Rocky Hill), Donald Norcross (D-Camden), Frank Pallone (D-Long Branch), Bill Pascrell (D-Paterson), Albio Sires...