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Happy 93rd birthday to former Congressman Herb Klein

June 24, 2023 7:22 amJune 25, 2023 2:34 am

New Jersey’s second-oldest living former congressman is celebrating his 93rd birthday today. Herbert C. Klein spent two years in the U.S. House of Representatives, serving from 1993 to 1995. The state’s oldest-living congressman is Frank J. Guarini, 98, a former...

The legend of Neil Romano

February 1, 2022 12:39 pmFebruary 2, 2022 10:01 am

Every two years, congressional candidates come forward with promises of mammoth fundraising power. Sometimes, parties get someone like Josh Gottheimer, the Human Fundraising machine. But more typically, it’s just a pretender candidate overstating their ability to raise gobs of money....

Michael Gallo, East Rutherford councilman who served when Truman was president, dies at 98

November 24, 2021 8:03 pmDecember 2, 2021 10:23 am

Michael Gallo, a World War II veteran who served as an East Rutherford councilman from 1952 to 1958, died on November 22. He was 98. Gallo, who was 28 at the time of his first election in 1951, was probably...

Bob Hollenbeck, former six-term assemblyman, dies at 89

September 9, 2021 2:07 pmSeptember 10, 2021 12:05 am

Robert P. Hollenbeck, a genial South Bergen Democrat who served six terms in the New Jersey State Assembly in the 1970s and 1980s before becoming a casualty of Gov. Tom Kean’s coattails in 1985, died on September 5. He was...

Happy 91st birthday to former Congressman Herb Klein

June 24, 2021 10:46 am

New Jersey’s second-oldest living former congressman is celebrating his 91st birthday today. Herbert C. Klein spent two years in the U.S. House of Representatives, serving from 1993 to 1995. The state’s oldest-living congressman is Frank J. Guarini, 96, a former...

New Jersey’s longest-living congressional candidate ran with LBJ in 1964

August 18, 2020 10:22 am

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...

78% of successful House challengers were political unknowns

May 11, 2020 3:16 pmSeptember 5, 2025 3:43 pm

In a race for Congress, New Jerseyans are historically more likely to vote for someone they had never really heard of against an incumbent Member of Congress than they are to go with someone who has been winning elections for...