Gordon Canfield Archives - New Jersey Globe

An exclusive N.J. club: 11 who came within 1,000 votes of winning a congressional seat

May 10, 2024 6:51 amMay 10, 2024 1:37 pm

One of the most exclusive clubs in New Jersey politics belongs to the group of eleven men who over the last 100 years came within 1,000 votes of winning a seat in the U.S. House of Representatives: John McCloskey, Edward O’Neill,...

N.J. hasn’t held a non-November special election for Congress in 74 years

April 25, 2024 2:54 pmApril 29, 2024 9:25 am

New Jersey hasn’t had a free-standing special election for Congress since 1950, following the resignation of seven-term Rep. J. Parnell Thomas (R-Allendale), the former chairman of the House Committee Un-American Activities; Thomas resigned his seat in December 1949, after being...

NJ Open House Seats rarely flip parties

January 14, 2018 5:08 pm

If Jeff Van Drew wins Frank LoBiondo’s seat in Congress, it will be just the sixth time since World War II that an open New Jersey House seat was won by the other party. Two of those were in 1948,...