No More Incumbents New Jersey

Frank Lautenberg gets the distinguished honor of being an incumbent twice. Lautenberg was first elected to the US Senate in 1982. He was re-elected 1988 and 1994. Then he stepped out of public office, announcing his retirement. Until, of course, the New Jersey snaffu that put him back in office. During the election of 2002, Robert Toricelli announced he would not be running for the Democratic ticket due to allegations of corruption. After a court hearing, Lautenberg’s name was allowed to be replaced on the ballot winning him a fourth term.

Lautenberg is considered one of the most liberal members of the Senate. He is pro-choice, pro-gun control and has been involved in various anti-smoking and anti-alcohol legislations. He basically votes right down party lines.

Lautenberg was recently quoted as saying:

“The thing is, one person’s earmark, wasteful spending, [when] defined by the person who’s proposing it, is neither pork nor wasteful. It’s a question of how you define these things.”

View Lautenberg’s voting record.

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An interesting question!  If incumbents didn’t win very often, then there would be no need for this blog.    From 1998 until 2005 there have been four national elections  for members of the House.   In each of those elections, more than 98% of incumbents have won.  Not only that, 90% of all the races have been won by margins GREATER than 10%.   What does this mean?  We tend to vote for the person who is already in office.  I think we feel safer with a name we recognize than with a newcomer.   Unfortunately, this does not always promote government change.

Did you know that almost one in every 11 voters did not vote in a House race, but they did vote for President in 2004?  And, 62% of Americans did NOT vote for a winning House member!

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I am very excited that I have been invited to be one of the authors of No More Incumbents! I live in the great state of New Jersey. The state that people seem to think is one of the most politicial corrupt in all of the United States. One of the reasons for this corruption is the entrenchment of incumbents in the State government. You can not pick up a newspaper in New Jersey these days without reading about political favors and pay-to-play - all normal operations for politicians in New Jersey.

I do not believe that the Founding Fathers government ideals included politicians who would serve for decades in the same political position. We, the people, need to decide now to make the changes in our government. We can start by voting out the current incumbents. Don’t think that this will prevent you from voting for a party that you normally would not vote for. Changes can be made at the primary election level.

I also author another blog - My Own Political Party. I firmly believe that additional political parties can also make a difference in how our government is run. You can not effectively represent all the people with two political platforms.

I look forward to keeping you informed about incumbents and politics in New Jersey!

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Welcome to the blog for No More Incumbents for the state of New Jersey!

We are looking for writers or bloggers to cover this great state. If you are interested in volunteering please leave us a comment or send us an email to info@nomoreincumbents.org.  We will allow our writers to earn revenue from managing a state blog.  This money can be used as income or can be directed as a personal political contribution, but you must pledge not to provide any money earned from this site towards the campaign of an incumbent running for re-election.

We are looking for writers of any political perspective or background.

We can even setup a perspective focussing on Democratic Incumbents or Republican Incumbents only and bring in additional writers to provide balance from the opposite side!

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