Ex-congressman Former Rep. Andy Maguire exploring a run to unseat Garrett
Tuesday, May 21, 2013
BY HERB JACKSON
WASHINGTON CORRESPONDENT
The Record
Former Rep. Andy Maguire is hoping to make a comeback next year, when he’ll be 75 years old, to retake the House seat he lost more than three decades ago.
A spokesman said he still considers it exploratory, but Maguire, of Ridgewood, has filed paperwork and is raising money to seek the Democratic nomination to challenge Rep. Scott Garrett, a six-term Republican from Sussex County, in the 5th Congressional District.
A Maguire-Garrett race would pit an old-school liberal, whose work after Congress included helping farmers in the developing world and trying to limit carbon emissions, against a leader in the House GOP’s movement toward a more conservative agenda who believes in strict application of the U.S. Constitution’s limits on federal power.
Garrett, 59, has easily won six terms, most recently in November by a 12-point margin.
Democrats note, however, that Democratic Sen. Bob Menendez also carried the district on the same ballot.
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A real windbag and I am a card carrying Democrat. When he was a rep in the 1970s he was arrogant. Andy knew best. I voted for Marge.
RHS class of ’56…..put Garrett out of his misery.