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...
When the U.S. House of Representatives meets at noon today to swear in the members of the 117th Congress, Rep. Christopher Smith (R-Hamilton) will set the record as the longest-serving member of Congress in New Jersey history. After Smith won...
Democratic congressional candidate Stephanie Schmid raised $240,582 during the 3rd quarter of 2020 and has raised $718,280 so far in her bid to unseat 20-term Republican Rep. Christopher Smith (R-Hamilton) in New Jersey’s 4th district. Schmid’s report shows cash-on-hand of...
The National Organization for Women (NOW) has endorsed Democrat Stephanie Schmid for Congress in New Jersey’s 4th district against 20-term incumbent Christopher Smith (R-Hamilton). “Stephanie’s experience protecting and advancing women’s rights at home and abroad as a U.S. Foreign Service...
With the passing of Paul Porreca on Friday evening, the longest-living New Jersey congressional candidate is Richard J. Traynor, who ran as a Democrat against Rep. Florence P. Dwyer (R-Elizabeth) in 1964. Now 91 and living in Maine, Traynor is...
Paul R. Porreca, a respected former Superior Court Judge who was New Jersey’ longest-living candidate for Congress, died on Friday night. He was 85. Porreca was a 27-year-old Millville city commissioner when he became the Democratic congressional candidate in 1962...
Richard M. Nixon resigned as President of the United States 46 years ago today, just as the U.S. House of Representatives was about to impeach him for his role in the Watergate scandal: “I have never been a quitter. To...