Lugar Center: Lance Most Bipartisan NJ Congressman Last Session; Watson Coleman Least Bipartisan
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The Lugar Center, led by former U.S. Senator Richard Lugar, and the McCourt School of Public Policy at Georgetown University named Congressman Leonard Lance the most bipartisan member of the last Congress, and Congressman Josh Gottheimer as the most bipartisan Democratic freshman member of the last Congress based on their newly released Bipartisan Index (BPI) Rankings for 2018.
Lance was ranked the 8th most bipartisan member, and Gottheimer was ranked the 10th most bipartisan freshman.
Among the state’s congressional delegation last session, the rankings are:
CD7’s Lance: #8
CD5’s Gottheimer: #10
CD2’s LoBiondo: #14
CD3’s MacArthur: #15
CD4’s Smith: #20
CD9’s Pascrell: #126
CD1’s Norcross: #148
CD11’s Frelinghuysen: #246
CD8’s Sires: #257
CD10’s Payne: #351
CD6’s Pallone: #395
CD12’s Watson Coleman: #405
The full list of rankings can be found here.
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