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Number of women in NJ House delegation could jump in 2020

December 8, 2019 9:51 pmDecember 9, 2019 9:07 pm

New Jersey could see a spike in the number of women in the congressional delegation after next year’s election. Women candidates are running for Congress in 9 of the state’s 12 districts in 2020, so far – although most face...

The time the media took down a congressman from Boonton

November 1, 2019 12:28 pmNovember 1, 2019 12:38 pm

If the Daily Record hadn’t died before Tony Bucco did, the race for State Assembly in the 25th district could be entirely different. In the old days, when daily newspapers provided intensive local news coverage, politicians like Anthony M. Bucco...

Lorraine Harding, aide to Maraziti, Courter, dies at 90

August 1, 2019 10:37 amAugust 1, 2019 3:02 pm

Lorraine Harding, who served on the staffs of two Republican congressmen and became a breeder of Arabian horses, died on July 25. She was 90. Harding became an aide to Rep. Joseph Maraziti (R-Boonton) in 1973 and ran the congressman’s...

Gottheimer endorsed by four Democratic county chairs

July 29, 2019 8:01 amJuly 29, 2019 12:31 am

All four Democratic county chairs in New Jersey’s 5th district today endorsed Rep. Josh Gottheimer (D-Wyckoff) for re-election to a third term in Congress, including Democratic State Chairman John Currie. Gottheimer is facing a challenge from the left in next...

The last NJ First Lady to run for Congress

February 6, 2019 1:07 amFebruary 6, 2019 1:50 am

If Mary Pat Christie runs for Congress, she wouldn’t be the first former First Lady of New Jersey to serve in the U.S. House of Representatives. In 1974, Helen Stevenson Meyner defeated freshman Rep. Joseph Maraziti (R-Boonton) in what was...

Mike Gold, Hunterdon Dem chairman in 1970s, dies

January 6, 2019 10:41 am

Michael Gold, who served as the Hunterdon County Democratic Chairman from 1972 to 1978, died of cancer last year in California, where he was living in retirement. He was 82. Gold was the Democratic candidate for Hunterdon County freeholder in...

The curse of the Longworth Building

December 1, 2018 5:24 pmAugust 10, 2021 2:48 pm

Good news for Tom Malinowski and Jeff Van Drew: New Jersey congressmen who spend their first two years in the Cannon House Office Building are statistically more likely to get re-elected than freshmen who draw an office in Longworth. Fourteen...