More bad news for the North Jersey congressman whose district is being merged: Rep. Steve Rothman says no money will flow from Washington to help fund his intra-party primary fight against another incumbent Democrat.
Brick Township's move from the Fourth to the Third Congressional District is just one of the biggest moves following the recent bipartisan redrawing of the state's congressional map.
A North Jersey congressman thrown into an alien district when congressional maps were redrawn last week will challenge another Democratic incumbent in the primary.
A tie-breaking member of the state's redistricting commission has chosen a new congressional map that favors Republicans, two people told The Associated Press on Friday.
The chairman of a bipartisan panel redrawing New Jersey's congressional districts says he'll likely be the tie-breaker when a formal vote is taken Friday.