James Howard Archives - New Jersey Globe

D.C. Dispatch: What N.J.’s members of Congress did in Washington this week

April 18, 2026 9:54 amApril 20, 2026 12:33 pm

The people of New Jersey’s 11th district have elected a new congresswoman: Rep.-elect Analilia Mejia (D-Glen Ridge). Mejia now has the privilege of joining a fractious, cantankerous legislative body that tied itself in knots this week debating Iran, Israel, and...

House passes bill to rename post office after late N.J. congressman

April 14, 2026 5:03 pm

A post office in Spring Lake, New Jersey may be named after the late Rep. James Howard (D-Spring Lake Heights) thanks to a bill put forward by the entire New Jersey congressional delegation. Rep. Frank Pallone (D-Long Branch), Howard’s successor...

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...

The time the Burmeister twins ran against each other for Congress and one died

March 22, 2022 12:36 pmMarch 22, 2022 9:24 pm

Jack Hastings Burmeister and Jerry Charles Burmeister, twin brothers from Ocean Grove, each filed nominating petitions in 1974 as independent candidates for Congress in New Jersey’s 3rd district. They were challenging Rep. James Howard (D-Spring Lake Heights), who was at...

Van Drew votes against ERA ratification extension after supporting, co-sponsoring it last year

March 17, 2021 9:08 pmMarch 18, 2021 1:14 am

Thirteen months after voting to remove the deadline to ratify the Equal Rights Amendment – a measure he co-sponsored — Rep. Jeff Van Drew (R-Dennis) voted against it today. Van Drew was one of five Republicans to support the measure...

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...

Pallone warchest passes $3.1 million

April 15, 2020 9:15 pm

Rep. Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-Long Branch), the chairman of the powerful House Energy & Commerce Committee, has $3,174,744 in his campaign warchest as he seeks re-election to a 17th term in New Jersey’s 6th district. Pallone raised $229,858 during the...