Pascrell Easily Beats Rothman In Bitter Primary
Rothman concedes race to Congressman from Paterson.
Rep. Bill Pascrell easily defeated Rep. Steve Rothman on Tuesday in the hotly contested race for the Democratic nomination in New Jersey’s 9th Congressional District. With 98 percent of the vote counted, Pascrell led Rothman 60 percent to 40 percent, the Associated Press reported. Rothman conceded the race shortly 10:30pm, telling supporters at Fort Lee's DoubleTree Hotel that he'd likely never run for office again and would throw his support behind Pascrell, NorthJersey.com reported. On the undercard of the Pascrell-Rothman showdown, Englewood Rabbi Shmuley Boteach won the Republican nomination in the 9th District and will face Pascrell in November. The race between the two Democrats and former friends in the reconfigured 9th …
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Jimmy Drake
7:19 am on Saturday, June 9, 2012
Please guys, let us bow our heads in prayer. The poor dumped Congressman must now be able to scrape by on his (approx) annual $178,000.00 - FOR THE REST OF HIS LIFE - meager pension. of course full health benefits...... BUT - - - We on the other hand may get to enjoy obamacare! Oiy .. anybody else miss Callahan's? more ›