Mon Jan 15, 2007 at 07:19:22 PM EST
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| Kicking off the "Better know a Legislative District" series, I will take a look at the fightin fourth. New Jersey's 4th Legislative District contains 10 towns across the counties of Camden and Gloucester including Clementon Borough, Franklin Township, Glassboro Borough, Gloucester Township, Laurel Springs Borough, Lindenwold Borough, Monroe Township, Newfield Borough, Pitman Borough and Washington Township.
As of last count, there were 188,830 voters registered in the 4th district with the majority, 56% as independents, 28.5% Democrat and 15.5% registered Republican. There are Democratic mayors in 7 of 10 towns and the county has been trending Democratic even though it has historically been a very close swing district. Gloucester Township elected its first Republican Mayor in decades last cycle and Newfield now has a Republican mayor; however Democrats took control in Franklin Township and now hold all seats on council in Washington Township. Democrats hold many county offices in Camden and Gloucester counties, but this district has had historically close elections including the 2003 contest in which Senator Madden won his seat by 63 votes. In 2005, Assemblymen Mayer and Moriarty faced Republicans Frank Winters and Corey Ahart defeating them handily 63% to 37%. There are no clear challengers to any of the seats as of this time. |
| Jason Springer :: Better Know a Legislative District: The Fightin Fourth |
| This district is served by 3 Democrats: Senator Fred Madden, Assemblymen Dave Mayer and Paul Moriarty who have a website located at www.maddenmayermoriarty.com. Senator Madden was elected in 2003 to the legislature after serving as the Superintendent for the New Jersey State Police. Assemblyman Mayer was elected in 2003. He started working as for then Freeholder Rob Andrews, the served as Chief of Staff to Camden County Clerk James Beach and was also a Gloucester Township Councilman which he resigned upon election. He is a lawyer with the firm Long, Marmero and Mayer. Assemblyman Moriarty also serves as the Mayor of Washington Township and was elected to his seat in 2005. Prior to his career in politics, he was an investigative journalist at KYW-CBS 3 for 17 years and a former news producer at WCAU-TV in Philadelphia.
The 4th is home to Kennedy Hospital in Washington Township and campuses for Gloucester County College, Camden County College and Rowan University in Glassboro. The town of Newfield in the south has issues with nuclear contamination as a result of the ShieldAlloy Company leaving radioactive waste on site. That issue is currently before the nuclear regulatory commission. In Franklin Township, a daycare center was discovered to have been built in a former Thermometer Factory which led to legislation being signed by the Governor to establish new standards for safety in schools and daycare centers. |
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