Politics & Government
Prempeh Will Challenge Pascrell Again In New Jersey's 9th District
Republican Billy Prempeh will once again seek to unseat Democrat Bill Pascrell Jr. to represent New Jersey's 9th district in the U.S. House.
TEANECK, NJ — Republican William "Billy" Prempeh will once again seek to unseat Democrat Bill Pascrell Jr. to represent New Jersey's 9th district in the U.S. House of Representatives.
Pascrell represents parts of Bergen, Hudson, and Passaic counties. He has been the NJ-9 representative since 2013, and represented the 8th district from 1997-2013 before district boundaries were redrawn based on 2010 Census data.
Monday was the deadline to submit candidacy petitions for the June 8 primary elections for Republicans and Democrats. According to unofficial candidate lists from the state Division of Elections, Prempeh is the only person who filed to run against Pascrell.
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Prempeh, a U.S. Air Force veteran, is a Paterson resident who ran against Pascrell in 2020.
Pascrell, the former mayor of Paterson and a former NJ General Assembly member, got 2,737 signatures to seek reelection.
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Prempeh got 266 signatures, according to the state.
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