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Happy 101st Birthday, Congressman Frank Guarini

August 20, 2025 12:00 amAugust 21, 2025 11:22 am

Frank J. Guarini, Jr., who served as a congressman from a Hudson County district for fourteen years, celebrates his 101st birthday today. The Jersey City Democrat is the oldest living former congressman from New Jersey, the oldest living former statewide...

An exclusive N.J. club: 11 who came within 1,000 votes of winning a congressional seat

May 10, 2024 6:51 amMay 10, 2024 1:37 pm

One of the most exclusive clubs in New Jersey politics belongs to the group of eleven men who over the last 100 years came within 1,000 votes of winning a seat in the U.S. House of Representatives: John McCloskey, Edward O’Neill,...

The history of Albio Sires’ congressional district

December 21, 2021 11:16 am

The congressional seat that Rep. Albio Sires will vacate next year has been in Democratic hands since another West York congressman, freshman Republican Rep. Vincent Dellay, switched parties in late 1957. This will be the first open seat contest in...

Democratic chairs decline to sign letter supporting Van Drew

December 6, 2019 5:16 pmDecember 6, 2019 6:18 pm

Facing growing concerns about his ability to win a Democratic primary next year, Rep. Jeff Van Drew (D-Dennis) asked Democratic county chairmen to sign a letter backing him for re-election. The answer for many of them was no, the New...

The best party switching story ever

January 28, 2019 9:45 pmJanuary 29, 2019 2:47 am

It should come as no surprise to New Jerseyans that the greatest party switching story comes out of Hudson County. In 1954, ten-term Rep. Edward Hart (D-Jersey City) gave up his congressional seat so that he could get an appointment...