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Prijten has missed voting in most elections since naturalization

April 9, 2019 6:56 pmApril 10, 2019 1:44 pm

Republican congressional candidate Reinier Prijten writes on his campaign website that as a teenager growing up in Holland, he “rejected the anti-American chorus that was popular among European elites” and “became a fan of President Ronald Reagan.” He decided at...

Sherrill challenger has never lived in New Jersey

April 8, 2019 4:23 pmApril 8, 2019 4:36 pm

If you want to be Stephen Colbert’s congressman, you’d better know your district. That might be a problem for Reinier Prijten, who announced last week that he would challenge freshman Rep. Mikie Sherrill (D-Montclair) in New Jersey’s 11th district, where...

Prijten wrote racially-charged blog post in 2010

April 4, 2019 8:14 pmApril 5, 2019 9:16 am

Editor’s Note: This story was updated with comment from Jay Townsend at 9:16 a.m. on April 5. House candidate Reinier Prijten in 2010 wrote a racially-charged blog post that suggested the United States’ Visa Waiver Program made the country vulnerable...