James Howard Archives - New Jersey Globe

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...

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...

Cirincione files petitions for primary challenge to Pallone

March 30, 2020 11:01 amMarch 30, 2020 11:02 am

Russ Cirincione says he has filed nominating petitions with more than 400 signatures to get him on the Democratic primary ballot for Congress in New Jersey’s 6th district. The progressive attorney is challenging Rep. Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-Long Branch), the...

Van Drew breaks with GOP, supports lifting of ERA ratification deadline

February 13, 2020 11:22 amMarch 17, 2021 8:55 pm

Party-switching Rep. Jeff Van Drew (R-Dennis) voted with House Democrats today to remove the deadline to ratify the Equal Rights Amendment, becoming just one of five Republicans to support the bill. While still a Democrat, Van Drew became a co-sponsor...