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The Monthly Blood Drive of West Milford will hold its final collection day on June 17, after 19 years in operation. Bergen-based blood bank losing most consistent supplier in West Milford drive The Monthly Blood Drive of West Milford will hold its final collection day on June 17, after 19 years in operation.
Rep. Josh Gottheimer has raised over $2.2 million ahead of next year's congressional midterm elections, the most of any House candidate running in New Jersey in 2018, according to reports filed with the Federal Election Commission. Gottheimer, a former speechwriter for President Bill Clinton, was first elected to represent his North Jersey district in 2016, unseating Republican incumbent Scott Garrett in the process.
After kicking off his campaign Thursday morning, Republican Steve Lonegan said a congressional race against incumbent U.S. Rep. Josh Gottheimer, D-5th Dist., boils down to one point. "I'm a conservative and he's a liberal," Lonegan said of his potential general election opponent in 2018.
Demonstrators rally for unity at Bergen County Courthouse They came despite a winter assault of rain, snow and sleet, toting signs and chanting boisterously. Check out this story on northjersey.com: http://northjersy.news/2kAyRCX Organizer David Parano on the importance of events like Sunday's March for Unity at the Bergen County Courthouse in Hackensack.
With just two weeks to go before Election Day, the campaign for New Jersey's 5th District ratcheted up Tuesday with an appearance from a civil rights icon, food-policy advocates canvassing in Maywood, and nearly $1 million in new advertising announced. More than 100 people gathered at the Logan Family Life Center on Tuesday for a campaign rally on behalf of Josh Gottheimer, the Democrat running in a tight race against incumbent Scott Garrett.
Republican Rep. Scott Garrett is facing his toughest political challenge as he seeks another term representing the 5th District in North Jersey, with challenger Josh Gottheimer beating him in fundraising and outside groups pumping in money for ads and mailings to help the Democrat. The thing that saves Garrett, however, could be the district map drawn by Republican members of a bipartisan commission five years ago.
There were no crab and lobster hors d'oeuvres or any other highfalutin catering hall food. It was simple fare and a bar at Reflections on Newark Avenue, a Journal Square spot in Jersey City, the location of Councilman Richard Boggiano's Thursday fundraiser.
BERGENFIELD - More than 15 protesters were left out of a meeting of local officials on the safety of freight trains carrying crude oil. Rep. Scott Garrett convened the meeting to allow elected officials and first responders from towns along the freight rail lines to speak with representatives from CSX and the Federal Railroad Administration.
TAKE A MOMENT and jump ahead from the hot rhetoric of last week's Republican National Convention in Cleveland. Let's even look beyond this week's Democratic fest in Philadelphia.
Elections to select a county political party chairman are typically tame and quiet affairs, usually serving as a vote of acclamation for the incumbent. But the contest to be decided Tuesday by 1,000 Republican committee members and other insiders in Bergen County has been anything but that, featuring everything from allegations of death threats and ethnic slurs to claims by each side that the other routinely engages in backroom deals.
U.S. Rep. Scott Garrett moved past two Republican primary challengers Tuesday to win his party's nomination to seek an eighth term representing the 5th District in northern and western New Jersey. Garrett of Wantage Township, Sussex County, this fall will face Democrat Josh Gottheimer of Wyckoff, Bergen County, a speechwriter for former President Bill Clinton and former Microsoft manager.
River Dell High School student Tommy Shoalis taking a closer look at a guide on how to register to vote on May 19, 2016. At 28, Zuniga had casually skipped two presidential elections and two more chances to cast a ballot for New Jersey's governor, not to mention a string of other candidates in local elections.