Bob Dole turns 96
Bob Dole, who turned 96 today, served with 27 New Jerseyans during his 35 years in Congress — four in the Senate, where he represented Kansas from 1969 to 1996, and 23 in the U.S. House of Representatives, where he...
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Smith has $319k in warchest in bid for 21st term in Congress
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
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
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...
Beat it, kid!
There more things change, the more they stay the same. One of the classic stories in New Jersey politics was the 1982 race for Congress in New Jersey’s 4th district. It was Ronald Reagan’s mid-term election and Christopher Smith was...
The Carpetbagger
Since Leonard Lance called Tom Malinowski a carpetbagger in last night’s debate – an unfair allegation, since Malinowski grew up in a town next door to the current boundaries of district – here’s a great story about carpetbagging that comes...