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| SEVENTH
DISTRICT |
| ESSEX COUNTY: PART OF MAPLEWOOD AND PART OF MILLBURN>>> MIDDLESEX COUNTY: PART OF EDISON, MIDDLESEX, SOUTH
PLAINFIELD AND PART OF WOODBRIDGE>>>
SOMERSET COUNTY: BOUND BROOK, PART OF BRIDGEWATER, FRANKLIN, GREEN
BROOK, HILLSBOROUGH, MANVILLE, MILLSTONE, NORTH PLAINFIELD, SOUTH BOUND
BROOK, WARREN AND WATCHUNG>>>
UNION COUNTY: BERKELEY HEIGHTS, CLARK, CRANFORD, FANWOOD, GARWOOD,
KENILWORTH, PART OF LINDEN, MOUNTAINSIDE, NEW PROVIDENCE, PLAINFIELD,
ROSELLE PARK, SCOTCH PLAINS, SPRINGFIELD, SUMMIT, PART OF UNION, WESTFIELD
AND WINFIELD. |
| Michael
Ferguson (R) |
| United States House of
Representatives |
| 214 Cannon House Office
Building |
| Washington, DC 20515 |
| Phone: (202) 225-5361 |
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| November 2000 Election |
| Michael A. Ferguson (REP): 50% (115,706
votes) |
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Maryanne Connelly (DEM): 47% (110,202 votes) |
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| Elected
November 2000 to first term to seat vacated by BOB FRANKS to run
for US Senate> Defeated Democrat MARYANNE CONNELLY by 50-47%
margin in bitterly contested race, one of 10 most expensive
House races in 2000 election> Issues included Ferguson
pro-life positions, campaign funding, tax cut pledge, gun
control, Social Security protection> Won primary election
with 41% of vote over opponents including Thomas Kean, Jr., son
of former Governor, and Assemblyman JOEL WEINGARTEN> Also
1998 Republican nominee for Congress in adjacent 6th District in
Monmouth and Middlesex counties, lost to incumbent Congressman
FRANK PALLONE, received 41% of votes to Pallone's 57%> Former
faculty member in political science at BROOKDALE COMMUNITY
COLLEGE in Lincroft, also founder and president of Strategic
Education Initiatives, educational consulting firm focused on
school and curriculum-based projects to enhance student
performance and learning environments> Holds Master of Public
Policy degree with specialization in education policy from
Georgetown University, former Executive Director of Better
Schools Foundation, national school reform advocacy group
founded by President Bush's Secretary of Education Lamar
Alexander and US Senator Paul Coverdell> Worked extensively
with Jersey City Mayor BRET SCHUNDLER as director of Save Our
Schoolchildren, NJ school reform advocacy organization, also
worked closely on education issues with President Reagan's
Secretary of Education William J. Bennett> Also served as
Executive Director of Catholic Campaign for America, national
lay Catholic public policy organization dealing with school
reform, welfare reform, urban renewal and empowerment, and
pro-family, anti-abortion issues> Son of THOMAS FERGUSON,
founder and retired CEO of Ferguson Communications Group, one of
nation's largest healthcare advertising and marketing firms now
division of The WPP Group based in London, and long-time
supporter of pro-family, pro-life charities and political
candidates> Married (Maureen), two children, resides in
Warren Township> Born July 22, 1970. |
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| EIGHTH
DISTRICT |
| ESSEX COUNTY: BELLEVILLE, BLOOMFIELD, CEDAR GROVE, GLEN RIDGE,
PART OF MAPLEWOOD, PART OF MONTCLAIR, NUTLEY, PART OF SOUTH ORANGE, VERONA
AND PART OF WEST ORANGE>>>
PASSAIC COUNTY: CLIFTON, HALEDON, LITTLE FALLS, PART OF NORTH HALEDON,
PASSAIC, PATERSON, POMPTOM LAKES, PROSPECT PARK, TOTOWA, WAYNE AND WEST
PATERSON. |
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| William
J. Pascrell, Jr. (D) |
| United States House of
Representatives |
| 1722 Longworth House
Office Building |
| Washington, DC 20515 |
| Phone:
(202) 225-5751 |
| Fax:
(202) 225-5782 |
| e-mail:
bill.pascrell@mail.house.gov |
| Web
Site: http://www.house.gov/pascrell |
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| District Offices: |
| Robert A. Roe Federal
Building |
| 200 Federal Plaza
Suite 500 |
| Paterson, NJ 07505 |
| Phone:
(973) 523-5152 |
| Fax:
(973) 523-0637 |
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| First
Elected:
11/05/96
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November 2000
Election |
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William J. Pascrell (DEM) : 67% (128,883
votes) |
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Anthony J. Fusco (REP): 30% (58,058 votes) |
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| First
elected November 1996, defeated one-term incumbent Congressman WILLIAM MARTINI> Reportedly
interested in gubernatorial nomination
2001,
but unification of Party behind JIM MCGREEVEY candidacy halted
organization efforts> Served four terms in
NJ General Assembly and also as deputy minority leader of Assembly
Democrats; also served 1990-96 as Mayor of Paterson, succeeding late Frank
Graves> Declined to enter 1992 Congressional race ultimately won by
Democrat HERBERT KLEIN, who lost
1994 re-election attempt to Martini, highest turnover of any NJ district
during 1990s> Member, Small Business Committee, Ranking Minority Member
of its Regulatory Reform and Paperwork Reduction Subcommittee; also
Member, Transportation Committee, and its Subcommittee on Ground
Transportation> Passaic County Democratic chairman 1982-90, former
president of Paterson Board of Education and City's former planning
director> Former school teacher, economic development consultant>
M.A. (philosophy), B.A. Fordham University> Married, three children,
son WILLIAM J. PASCRELL, III,
served as an assistant counsel to Governor JAMES
FLORIO, also managed father’s 1996 Congressional campaign> Born
January 25, 1937> Key staff include Tom Edwards, chief of staff, Bill
Maer, NJ District Director(973) 523-5152; Margaret Van Tassell, Scheduler/Office
Manager; David Filipelli, Washington Office Press Secretary; Joe Waks, NJ
Office Press Secretary; Ross Galin, Legislative Director. |
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| NINTH
DISTRICT |
| BERGEN COUNTY: BOGOTA, CARLSTADT, CLIFFSIDE PARK, EAST RUTHERFORD,
EDGEWATER PARK, ELMWOOD PARK, ENGLEWOOD, ENGLEWOOD CLIFFS, PART OF FAIR
LAWN, FAIRVIEW, FORT LEE, GARFIELD, HACKENSACK, HASBROUCK HEIGHTS, LEONIA,
LITTLE FERRY, LODI, LYNDHURST, MAYWOOD, MOONACHIE, NEW MILFORD, NORTH
ARLINGTON, PALISADES PARK, RIDGEFIELD, RIDGEFIELD PARK, RIVER EDGE,
RUTHERFORD, SADDLE BROOK, SOUTH HACKENSACK, TEANECK, TETERBORO, WALLINGTON
AND WOOD-RIDGE>>> HUDSON
COUNTY: PART OF JERSEY CITY, PART OF KEARNY, PART OF NORTH BERGEN AND
SECAUCUS. |
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| Steven
R. Rothman (D) |
| United States House of
Representatives |
| 1607 Longworth House
Office Building |
| Washington, DC 20515 |
| Phone:
(202) 225-5061 |
| Fax:
(202) 225-5851 |
| Web
Site: http://www.house.gov/rothman |
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| District Offices |
| Court Plaza North |
| 25 Main Street |
| Hackensack, NJ
07601-7089 |
| Phone:
(201) 646-0808 |
| Fax:
(201) 646-1944 |
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| 30 Central Avenue |
| Jersey City, NJ
07306-2118 |
| Phone:
(201) 798-1366 |
| Fax:
(201) 798-1725 |
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| First Elected:
11/05/96 |
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November 2000
Election |
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Steven R. Rothman (DEM): 68% (131,951
votes) |
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Joseph Tedeschi (REP): 30% (58,554 votes0 |
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| First
elected November 1996 to House seat vacated by ROBERT
TORRICELLI upon election
to Senate, defeated Bergen County Clerk KATHLEEN
DONOVAN in general election> Member, Judiciary Committee, and its Subcommittee on
Crime; also a founder of moderate New Democratic Coalition seeking
bi-partisan cooperation>Priorities include college education financing
aid; mass transit initiatives, including 10-mile light rail line
connecting Saddle Brook to Weehawken Ferry> Pro-choice, favors death
penalty, strong gun control laws and health care reform> Before being
elected to Congress, served as Judge
of Bergen County Surrogate's Court 1993-1996 and as two-term Mayor of
Englewood 1983-1989> Divorced father of two children> Born on
October 14, 1952 in Englewood as one of three children of factory
worker/builder and homemaker> B.A. Syracuse University 1974; law degree
from Washington University School of Law in St. Louis 1977> Practiced
as private attorney from 1978 through 1993> Key staff include Chuck
Young, Chief of Staff; Phil Goldberg, Press Secretary; Jim Wall,
Legislative Director; Mary Flanagan, Scheduler-Office Manager; Adam
Zellner, NJ District Director(201) 646-0808; Michele DiIorgi, Constituent
Services Director(201) 646-0808; Jillian Scott, NJ Scheduler(201)
646-0808. |
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