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Ex-State Department official will announce challenge to Chris Smith next month

August 28, 2019 9:07 pm

Stephanie Schmid, a former U.S. State Department official, will announce her bid for the Democratic nomination for Congress in New Jersey’s 4th district on September 7. Schmid wants to take on 20-term Rep. Christopher Smith (R-Hamilton), the lone Republican in...

Chris Smith will run for re-election in 2020

August 5, 2019 1:52 pmAugust 8, 2019 10:26 am

Rep. Christopher Smith (R-Hamilton) told the New Jersey Globe today that he will “enthusiastically” seek re-election to a 21st term in Congress next year. “I’ve never been more enthusiastic about a job in my life,” Smith said. “I hope to...

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...

Bob Dole turns 96

July 22, 2019 9:02 pmJuly 22, 2019 10:11 pm

Bob Dole, who turned 96 today, served with 27 New Jerseyans during his 35 years in Congress — five in the Senate, where he represented Kansas from 1969 to 1996, and 22 in the U.S. House of Representatives, where he...

Smith has $319k in warchest in bid for 21st term in Congress

July 16, 2019 12:47 amJuly 16, 2019 12:55 am

Rep. Christopher Smith (R-Hamilton) raised $155,881 in the second quarter of this year and has brought in $415,269 during the first six months of 2019, reports filed with the Federal Election Commission show. Smith, now in his 39th year as...

Report: Josh Welle won’t seek ’20 rematch with Chris Smith

March 10, 2019 3:03 pmMarch 10, 2019 7:11 pm

Former Democratic congressional candidate Josh Welle says he will not seek the Democratic nomination for State Assembly in the 13th district, More Monmouth Musings is reporting. Welle announced in a podcast that he would not seek state or local office,...

DCCC airing digital ads targeting Chris Smith

February 19, 2019 9:00 amFebruary 19, 2019 9:30 am

The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC) will begin Twitter ads targeting Rep. Christopher Smith (R-Hamilton) with the hope that he will not seek re-election in 2020. “It’s tough to be a Republican in Washington right now, and frankly, we wouldn’t...