Report: Rothman will challenge Pascrell in redrawn CD-9
The congressional redistricting commission charged with redrawing New Jersey’s district map to create 12 congressional districts instead of the previous 13 put conservative Republican Scott Garrett of Wantage and liberal Democrat Steve Rothman of Fair Lawn in the same district. Based upon historical voting patterns, Garrett had a 4% edge in the new district.
But 54% of Rothman’s old district was given to Democrat Bill Pascrell, the former Mayor of Patterson who wants a little highway named after himself.
Rothman did the math over the weekend and decided he has a better chance of keeping his insider trading privileges if he runs against Pascrell in the Democratic primary than if he faces Garrett in the November general election, according to a report on NorthJersey.com
Rothman will move from Fair Lawn back to Englewood where he was once mayor.
Posted: December 27th, 2011 | Author: Art Gallagher | Filed under: Congressional Redistricting | Tags: Bill Pascrell, Congressional Redistricting, Englewood, Fair Lawn, NorthJersey.com, Steve Rothman, Wantage | 1 Comment »