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The history of Malinowski’s congressional seat

November 23, 2020 12:01 amJanuary 3, 2021 1:51 pm

The re-election of Tom Malinowski marked the third time in more than 100 years that New Jersey’s 7th district elected and re-elected a Democrat. Before Malinowski unseated five-term Rep. Leonard Lance (R-Clinton Township) in 2018, Republicans had held the 7th...

Veterans: Frelinghuysen and Kean families

November 11, 2020 12:02 amNovember 11, 2020 1:03 pm

When you trace the roots of the Frelinghuysen family back to the American Revolution, you can start with Frederick Frelinghuysen, who was the very model of a modern Major-General. Frelinghuysen was a colonel in the Continental Army before his election...

Veterans: Frelinghuysen and Kean families

May 25, 2020 12:10 amNovember 11, 2020 1:17 pm

When you trace the roots of the Frelinghuysen family back to the American Revolution, you can start with Frederick Frelinghuysen, who was the very model of a modern Major-General. Frelinghuysen was a colonel in the Continental Army before his election...

Morris GOP picks Serrano Glassner as campaign chair

May 14, 2020 9:14 am

Mendham Borough Mayor Christine Serrano Glassner will serve as campaign chair for Morris County Republicans in 2020, acting county chair Laura Marie Ali has announced. “Christine is one of the smartest, most resourceful people I know,” Ali said. “In addition...

Some Kean for Congress history

April 16, 2019 5:47 pm

If Tom Kean, Jr. unseats Tom Malinowski next year, he’ll be the first Kean to win a congressional seat since 1956 – and the first in his family to oust an incumbent since 1938. Some Kean family history, as it...

Democrats haven’t won 7th since 1954

August 3, 2018 11:13 am

If Tom Malinowski unseats Leonard Lance in New Jersey’s 7th district, he’ll become the first Democrat to hold the seat since 1956. The district, albeit in various configurations, is the seat the Republicans have held the longest in the state....