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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...

Paul Porreca, New Jersey’s longest-living congressional candidate, dies at 85

August 15, 2020 11:08 amAugust 17, 2020 12:52 am

Paul R. Porreca, a respected former Superior Court Judge who was New Jersey’ longest-living candidate for Congress, died on Friday night. He was 85. Porreca was a 27-year-old Millville city commissioner when he became the Democratic congressional candidate in 1962...

New Jersey’s longest-living congressional candidate

April 13, 2020 1:15 pmApril 13, 2020 10:11 pm

The coronavirus-related death last week of Martin S. Fox, a 95-year-old Millburn Democrat who ran for Congress against Rep. Robert W. Kean (R-Livingston) in 1952 and 1954, leaves an 85-year-old Millville man as the longest-living New Jersey congressional candidate. Paul...