JERSEY CITY – On Tuesday, voters in New Jersey’s 9th Congressional District will choose between Rep. Steve Rothman, the incumbent Democrat from Fair Lawn; Republican Michael Agosta, also of Fair Lawn, and Green Party candidate Patricia Alessandrini, of Teaneck.
The 9th Congressional District is located primarily in Bergen County, but also covers part of Jersey City Heights and some of Journal Square, as well as part of North Bergen and all of Secaucus.
The Jersey City good government group Civic JC held a forum for the candidates last Tuesday in the parish hall of St. Paul Lutheran Church near Journal Square. The forum was moderated by local journalists Ricardo Kaulessar of the Hudson Reporter, Melissa Hayes of the Jersey Journal, and Shane Smith of the Jersey City Independent, who posed a wide range of questions on issues, ranging from a moratorium on home foreclosures to the military’s “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” policy.
For more on the candidates, read the article, “Rothman, Agosta discuss issues, plans” at www.hudsonreporter.com. – Ricardo Kaulessar