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How Frank Pallone got to Congress

December 13, 2021 11:27 amDecember 13, 2021 5:35 pm

Rep. Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-Long Branch), the powerful chairman of the House Energy & Commerce Committee, could face an aggressive challenge in 2022 from Sue Kiley, a Monmouth County Commissioner who was re-elected last month with 61% of the vote....

Pallone begins 18th term in Congress today

January 3, 2021 11:27 amJanuary 3, 2021 12:46 pm

A primer on Rep. Frank Pallone, Jr., who remains one of the most powerful people on Capitol Hill as he begins his 18th term in the U.S. House of Representatives and his third year as the chairman of the House Energy...

Happy Birthday, Jim Florio

August 29, 2020 8:16 pmAugust 30, 2020 12:02 am

Happy Birthday to former Gov. Jim Florio, who turned 83 today. Florio has been a fixture in New Jersey politics since 1969, when he won a seat in the New Jersey. He spent fifteen years as a congressman from South...

Threatening to run if he didn’t get the line almost cost Howard 24 years in Congress

April 12, 2020 3:51 pmJuly 25, 2021 12:51 pm

A political misstep in a closed-door party screening committee might have cost James J. Howard the chance to spends 24 years as a Democratic congressman from a heavily Republican Monmouth-Ocean district. Howard, one of the most politically adept, naturally-gifted politicians...

Pallone warchest is $3.1 million

January 31, 2020 8:30 pm

The chairmanship of the powerful House Energy & Commerce Committee has put Rep. Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-Long Branch) in an extraordinarily strong cash position as he seeks re-election to an 18th term in the U.S. House of Representatives. Pallone has...

Pallone sits on $2.9 million warchest

October 15, 2019 8:45 pm

House Energy & Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-Long Branch) has raised $1,432,501 during the first nine months of the year and has $2,947,893 in his campaign warchest. Pallone reported rising $536,445 during the 3rd quarter. He is also...

William J. Hamilton, former Assembly Speaker, dies at 86

October 12, 2019 4:28 pmOctober 13, 2019 3:11 pm

Former Assembly Speaker William J. Hamilton, Jr., a skilled legislator with a reputation for integrity and independence, died on Thursday. He was 86. A product of John A. Lynch, Sr.’s New Brunswick political organization, Hamilton served six years in the...