>Have State, Bergen Dems hit rock bottom?
Party needs leadership and unity if they are to take on the likes of Christie, Donovan and a rejuvenated GOP!
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Sometimes things have to go badly before they get better.
In the case of the Bergen County Democratic party, the meteoric rise to power under the leadership of former county chairman Joe Ferriero has been literally wiped clean in two election cycles as county Republicans have won five freeholder seats, the county executive and the office of sheriff!
Democrats have been reduced to just two of the five seats on the seven-member board of freeholders and now hold only one of the three constitutional offices with incumbent Surrogate Mike Dressler.
At the legislative level, Governor Chris Christie is making an all out effort to reduce the number of Democrats in the legislature and districts 36, 37 and 38 are prime targets of Republican redistricting should they control the map in the next cycle.
A Republican-authored map in all probability could wipeout incumbents Paul Sarlo and Robert Gordon in the senate as well as assembly members Connie Wagner, Joan Voss, Gary Schaer and newly appointed Nutley assemblyman Kevin Ryan.
To Sarlo’s credit, he has secured a seat on the commission but his presence does little to ensure what map will ultimately be put in place by the courts.
Too make matters worse, the federal census has determined New Jersey will lose a congressional seat and thus an electoral vote come the 2012 presidential elections.
In effect you have thirteen incumbents seeking re-election in just twelve districts.
Congressman Steve Rothman of Englewood, long a friend to North Arlington Democrats could be a casualty of GOP gerrymandering and could find himself seeking re-election in another district against a neighboring incumbent such as Democrat Bill Pascrell or Scott Garrett, a conservative Republican.
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