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

February 13, 2020 11:22 amFebruary 13, 2020 11:57 am

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...

Trailblazer: Senator Wynona Lipman

January 20, 2020 1:00 amJanuary 20, 2020 12:50 am

Wynona M. Lipman (1923-1999) was the first African American woman to serve in the New Jersey State Senate. She served as a Senator from 1972 until her death in 1999. Born in Georgia, she was a Fulbright scholar studying at...

Trailblazer: Congressman Donald Payne Sr.

January 20, 2020 12:53 amJanuary 20, 2020 8:54 am

Donald Payne, Sr. (1934-2012) was the first African American to represent New Jersey in the U.S. House of Representatives. He had run for Congress twice before winning the seat in 1988. In 1970, Payne became the first African American to...

Smith has $417k in warchest as he looks to become New Jersey’s longest-serving congressman

October 15, 2019 11:59 pmOctober 16, 2019 12:03 am

New Jersey’s lone Republican congressman is in strong financial shape as he prepares to seek a record-setting 21st term in the U.S. House of Representatives. Rep. Christopher Smith (R-Hamilton) has $416,711 cash-on-hand, the most he’s ever had in the 3rd...

Chris Smith inches toward #1 in House seniority

September 4, 2019 6:50 pm

The announcement today that Rep. Jim Sensenbrenner (R-Wisconsin) will retire after 42 years in Congress means that New Jersey Rep. Christopher Smith (R-Hamilton) could move up to third in seniority if he wins re-election next year. Smith is currently 4th...

Jersey City teacher will challenge Payne in Democratic primary

August 29, 2019 9:34 amAugust 29, 2019 2:36 pm

Jersey City teacher John Flora has announced that he will challenge Rep. Donald Payne, Jr. (D-Newark) for the Democratic congressional nomination in New Jersey’s 10th district. Flora says he will run as a progressive alternative to Payne, a five-term Democrat...

ERA extension gets support from 6 of 12 New Jersey House members

July 28, 2019 4:18 pm

A resolution in Congress to extend the deadline for ratification of the Equal Rights Amendment has six co-sponsors from the New Jersey delegation: Reps. Tom Malinowski (D-Rocky Hill), Donald Norcross (D-Camden), Frank Pallone (D-Long Branch), Bill Pascrell (D-Paterson), Albio Sires...