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NJ-11 ’20 race just 5th time in N.J. history where two women ran for Congress

February 9, 2021 12:26 amFebruary 9, 2021 10:38 am

One takeaway from the race between Mikie Sherrill and Rosemary Becchi in New Jersey’s the 11th district in 2020: since women won the right to vote in 1920, this is just the 5th time both major parties have nominated a...

NJ-11 race just 5th time in N.J. history where two women ran for Congress

October 12, 2020 12:01 pm

One takeaway from the race between Mikie Sherrill and Rosemary Becchi in New the 11th district: since women won the right to vote in 1920, this is just the 5th time both major parties have nominated a woman to run...

Zimmer, former GOP congressman from N.J., to endorse Biden

August 24, 2020 11:07 am

Former Rep. Dick Zimmer (R-Delaware Township), a former three-term Republican congressman and the GOP candidate for U.S. Senate in 1996 and 2008, will endorse Democrat Joe Biden for president today, the Biden campaign said. The Hunterdon County Republican is one...

Flashback: New Jerseyans on Nixon resignation in 1974

August 9, 2020 8:21 pmAugust 9, 2020 8:26 pm

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...

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...

Robert Klein, LBJ White House speechwriter, top aide to Gov. Hughes, dies at 89

March 7, 2020 5:46 pmMarch 7, 2020 6:50 pm

Robert R. Klein, a former White House aide during the administration of President Lyndon B. Johnson, and a top aide to the Governor of New Jersey, died on March 3. He was 89. Klein served as an assistant and speechwriter...

Kreibich raises money off ERA, but doesn’t cite Gottheimer support of issue

February 13, 2020 4:20 pmFebruary 13, 2020 4:20 pm

Arati Kreibich is raising money off the House’s vote to eliminate the deadline to ratify the Equal Rights Amendment, but her fundraising pitch doesn’t mention Rep. Josh Gottheimer (D-Wyckoff) co-sponsored the measure and voted for it this morning. In an...