Political Action-Packed
PBA continues to get out the vote and makes
national impact with Gottheimer
PBA members gathered to get out the vote for Josh Gottheimer in Bergen County on Election Day.
n BY MITCHELL KRUGEL
Bill Pascrell shared a glimpse of what his now-fellow New Jersey Congressman Josh Gottheimer had to endure on Election
Day. The anxiety, the 10th-term representative from Passaic
who also knocked off an incumbent in his first election for the
U.S. House of Representatives, noted makes every part of your
body so nervous waiting for the results that he can’t even describe it. “Unmatched,” Pascrell emphasized.
But around noon on Election Day, Gottheimer walked into a
roomful of NJ State PBA members gathered at the 9 Iron Grille
in Paramus. They were there with the Bergen County PBA Political Action Committee to make one last push to get Gottheimer
over the top in his bid to rid New Jersey of anti-law enforcement
incumbent Scott Garrett, and their presence filled the room
with an aura of invincibility.
“Man, there is nothing that fires you up more than walking
into a room like that,” Gottheimer charged. “Knowing that
these people have my back will fire you up and get you through
the day. And I’m going to