![[OPINION] Gun Bill Is Basic Common Sense](http://njtoday.net/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/stender-214x300.jpg)
It’s basic common sense - no gun licenses for those on the FBI Terrorist Watch List. It is also the basis of key legislation included in a comprehensive Assembly Democratic bill package on gun violence prevention.
TRENTON -- Legislation that would deny any person on the FBI Terrorist Watchlist a firearms identification card or permit was approved by an Assembly panel today, 7-2-1. This measure is one of numerous bills in an Assembly Democratic gun violence prevention bill package.
STATE—New Jersey Democrats gained a seat in the U.S. House of Representatives on Election Day, but Republican state Sen. Leonard Lance defeated Democrat Linda Stender to hold on to the seat being vacated by Rep. Mike Ferguson for the G.O.P. Lance defeated Stender by more than 25,000 votes, giving him a larger margin of victory…
CRANFORD – Former President Bill Clinton is planning to visit New Jersey on Saturday to campaign with Assemblywoman Linda Stender. Stender is seeking the U.S. House seat representing New Jersey’s 7th District, which includes parts of Hunterdon, Middlesex, Somerset, and Union counties. U.S. Rep. Mike Ferguson (R-New Providence) currently holds the seat, but he announced…
Congressman Mike Ferguson survived a challenge from Democratic Assemblywoman Linda Stender two years ago by deluging local television with the chant, “Stender is a Spender”—which was fundamentally false and unfair because Ferguson was behind the expenditure of many trillions of dollars during his years in Washington D.C. compared to the relatively paltry state budgets out…
STATE – A new Monmouth University/Gannett New Jersey poll shows that state Sen. Leonard Lance (R-Clinton Township) holds a small lead over Assemblywoman Linda Stender (D-Fanwood) in the race for the 7th District U.S. House seat that is currently held by Republican Mike Ferguson. Among registered voters, Lance leads Stender 41 percent to 37; among…
STATE—President George W. Bush plans attend a Colts Neck fundraiser on Monday Sept 22 for Republican Congressional candidates, state Sen. Leonard Lance (R-Hunterdon) and Medford Mayor Chris Myers. The visit has given Democrats a chance to again link their rivals to Bush’s disastrous record of the last eight years: Hurricane Katrina and cronyism embodied by…
By Michael M. Shapiro The Seventh Congressional District in New Jersey is one of the most hotly-contested races in the state and throughout the country this year. This is due, in part, because Assemblywoman Linda Stender narrowly lost to Congressman Mike Ferguson in 2006, and Ferguson announced he would not seek another term. Stender now…
SCOTCH PLAINS – On Monday, state Assemblywoman Linda Stender highlighted the need for a change in the way Washington D.C. treats our veterans. Stender, a Democrat from Scotch Plains, is seeking Rep. Mike Ferguson’s seat representing New Jersey’s 7th District in Congress. “‘Supporting the troops’ shouldn’t simply be a slogan, nor should our support end…
