Rep. Bill Pascrell is the second Democratic congressman from New Jersey to pass away this year — and state Democrats only have eight days to find his replacement. Pascrell's fellow Democratic congressman, Rep. Donald Payne Jr., died of a heart attack on April 24. Payne's seat remains vacant, but Democrats were able to run a special July primary to determine …
Democratic congressman Bill Pascrell has died at the age of 87. The New Jersey lawmaker served 28 years for the state's 9th congressional district in the House of Representatives and was hospitalized after an incident last week. The fierce Trump critic was the lower chamber's second-oldest member behind Democrat Grace Napolitano of Texas, who is also 87. Pascrell is the …
TRENTON, N.J. — New Jersey Democratic Rep. Bill Pascrell Jr., a 14-term incumbent and a fixture in his hometown of Paterson for more than four decades, died Wednesday. “It is with deep sadness that we announce that Bill Pascrell Jr., our beloved husband, father, and grandfather, passed away this morning,” a statement posted on Pascrell’s X account said. President Joe …
It’s the second time this year a sitting New Jersey lawmaker has died in office. William James Pascrell Jr. was born on Jan. 25, 1937, and grew up in Paterson, New Jersey, the city founded by Alexander Hamilton that collapsed into poverty and violence with the end of industrialism. Mohamed T. Khairullah, New Jersey’s longest-serving Muslim mayor, ran against Pascrell …
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