Nancy Solomon, Managing Editor, New Jersey Public Radio
Nancy Solomon is the Managing Editor of New Jersey Public Radio.
In NJ, Experts Say Redrawn Boundaries Make It Hard to Unseat Incumbents
Sunday, October 07, 2012
A rising star in the New Jersey Democratic Party is challenging GOP Rep. Leonard Lance for his seat in Congress, but political analysts say the redrawing of the district boundaries has made it harder than ever to unseat incumbents.
Challenger Upendra Chivukula, the first Indian-American in the state’s Assembly, has the support of the national Democratic Party and has a base of support that is growing as more Indian immigrants move into the state.
Yet the 7th Congressional District has leaned Republican for decades. And because of redistricting, there are 30,000 more registered Republicans than Democrats in the district that sprawls east to west across the state’s midsection.
“Every district in New Jersey is now, very nearly noncompetitive, so that each district, you could say, has a character of one party or the other,” said Ingrid Reed, a retired faculty member at the Eagleton Institute of Politics at Rutgers University.
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Scott Gurian, Assistant Producer
Scott Gurian has been with The Takeaway since 2010. Previously, he spent five years as News Director at radio station KGOU in central Oklahoma, where he covered everything from the Oklahoma City bombing anniversary and political wrangling at the state capitol to tornadoes and the annual prison rodeo. In the process, he won an Edward R. Murrow award for his story about guys who stick their hands in the mouths of giant catfish.
Scott's work has aired on NPR, the BBC and dozens of public radio stations and programs around the country. He studied radio documentary at the Salt Institute for Documentary Studies in Portland, Maine and looks forward to doing more international reporting.
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