Bill Pascrell

{{Short description|American politician (1937–2024)}} {{Distinguish|Bill Parcells}} {{Use mdy dates|date=August 2024}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Bill Pascrell | image = Bill pascrell 375.jpg | state = New Jersey | term_start = January 3, 1997 | term_end = August 21, 2024 | predecessor = Bill Martini | successor = Nellie Pou | constituency = {{ushr|NJ|8|8th district}} (1997–2013)<br>{{ushr|NJ|9|9th district}} (2013–2024) | office1 = Mayor of Paterson | term_start1 = July 1, 1990 | term_end1 = January 3, 1997 | predecessor1 = Anna Dopirak | successor1 = Martin Barnes | state_assembly2 = New Jersey | district2 = 35th | alongside2 = John Girgenti, Cyril Yannarelli, Frank Catania, Donald Hayden, Alfred E. Steele | term_start2 = January 12, 1988 | term_end2 = January 3, 1997 | predecessor2 = Vincent O. Pellecchia | successor2 = Nellie Pou | birth_name = William James Pascrell Jr. | birth_date = {{birth date|1937|1|25}} | birth_place = Paterson, New Jersey, U.S. | death_date = {{death date and age|2024|8|21|1937|1|25}} | death_place = Livingston, New Jersey, U.S. | resting_place = Holy Sepulchre Cemetery, Totowa, New Jersey, U.S. | party = Democratic | spouse = {{marriage|Elsie Botto|1962}} | children = 3 | education = Fordham University (BA, MA) | allegiance = | branch = United States Army | service_years = 1958–1967 | rank = Sergeant | module = {{Listen |pos = center |embed = yes |filename = Rep. Bill Pascrell Speaks in Support of a House Resolution Recognizing the Need for Public Awareness of Traumatic Brain Injury.ogg |title = Pascrell's voice |type = speech |description = Pascrell supporting a House resolution on traumatic brain injury<br/>Recorded May 3, 2006}} }} '''William James Pascrell Jr.''' (January 25, 1937 – August 21, 2024) was an American politician who was a U.S. representative from New Jersey from 1997 until his death in 2024. Pascrell was a member of the Democratic Party and native of Paterson. Before his election to the House of Representatives, Pascrell served in the New Jersey General Assembly for four terms beginning in 1988 and was elected to two terms as mayor of Paterson.

He was initially elected to the House in 1996 representing {{USHR|NJ|8}}. In 2012, the 8th district was redistricted into the 9th district. Pascrell defeated fellow Democratic representative Steve Rothman in a primary and was elected to represent the 9th district during the 2012 general election.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Zernike |first=Kate |date=June 6, 2012 |title=Pascrell Wins Duel of House Democrats in New Jersey |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2012/06/06/nyregion/bill-pascrell-defeats-steve-rothman-in-new-jersey.html |access-date=August 21, 2024 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331 |archive-date=July 8, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230708192757/https://www.nytimes.com/2012/06/06/nyregion/bill-pascrell-defeats-steve-rothman-in-new-jersey.html |url-status=live }}</ref> He served as the representative from the 9th district until his death.

==Early life, education, and academic career== The grandson of Italian immigrants, William James Pascrell Jr. was born in Paterson, New Jersey, on January 25, 1937, the son of Roffie J. (née Loffredo) and William James Pascrell (originally Pascrelli).<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.legistorm.com/person/bio/51559/William_James_Pascrell_Jr_.html |title=Representative William James Pascrell (Bill) (D-New Jersey, 9th) |publisher=LegiStorm |access-date=October 4, 2013 |archive-date=September 28, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120928140130/http://www.legistorm.com/person/bio/51559/William_James_Pascrell_Jr_.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name = Bio>{{congbio|id = p000096|inline = yes|accessdate = August 13, 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~battle/reps/pascrell.htm |title=Pascrell |publisher=Rootsweb.ancestry.com |access-date=October 4, 2013 |archive-date=May 16, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130516031429/http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~battle/reps/pascrell.htm |url-status=live }}</ref> He attended St. George's Elementary School, and in 1955 graduated from St. John the Baptist High School, where he was elected student council president. He served in the United States Army and United States Army reserves. Pascrell attended Fordham University in New York City and earned a bachelor's degree in journalism and a master's degree in philosophy.<ref name = Bio/>

Pascrell spent 12 years as a high school teacher in Paramus, New Jersey, teaching several subjects including psychology,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nj.com/entertainment/2015/06/paramus_alexanders_mural_unveiled_in_paterson.html|title=Art, reanimated: Paramus Alexander's mural unveiled in Paterson (PHOTOS, VIDEO)|first=Amy Kuperinsky | NJ Advance Media for|last=NJ.com|date=June 14, 2015|website=nj|access-date=August 21, 2024|archive-date=September 8, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230908013343/https://www.nj.com/entertainment/2015/06/paramus_alexanders_mural_unveiled_in_paterson.html|url-status=live}}</ref> before being hired as a professor at Fairleigh Dickinson University. He was appointed to the Paterson Board of Education and served as board president. He also served on Passaic County Community College's board of trustees.<ref name=globeobit>{{Cite web|url=https://newjerseyglobe.com/congress/bill-pascrell-14-term-congressman-and-son-of-paterson-dies-at-87/|title=Bill Pascrell, 14-term congressman and son of Paterson, dies at 87|first=Joey Fox and David|last=Wildstein|date=August 21, 2024|website=New Jersey Globe}}</ref>

==Early political career== ===State Assembly=== Pascrell was first elected to office in 1987 when he ran for the New Jersey General Assembly seat, which was vacated by the retiring Vincent O. Pellecchia. He and incumbent Assemblyman John Girgenti retained the District 35 seats for the Democrats by defeating Republican nominees Martin Barnes, a Paterson city councilman, and Robert Angele, who worked in the city housing administration.<ref>[http://pascrell.house.gov/about/full-biography Full Biography] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161121103708/http://pascrell.house.gov/about/full-biography |date=November 21, 2016 }}, Bill Pascrell. Accessed November 20, 2016.</ref> Pascrell received 34% of the vote, enough to earn him the seat.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=395029 |title=NJ General Assembly 35 Race |publisher=Our Campaigns |date=November 3, 1987 |access-date=June 9, 2012 |archive-date=September 24, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924165511/http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=395029 |url-status=live }}</ref>

Pascrell and Girgenti were reelected in 1989 over Republicans Joaquin Calcines, Jr. and Jose Moore, with Pascrell polling at 36%; however, Girgenti was replaced by Cyril Yannarelli midway through the term when he was appointed to take over for Frank Graves in the State Senate upon his death.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=214948 |title=NJ General Assembly 35 Race |publisher=Our Campaigns |date=November 7, 1989 |access-date=June 9, 2012 |archive-date=September 24, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924143201/http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=214948 |url-status=live }}</ref>

Entering the 1991 election, District 35 was split as Pascrell and Frank Catania, a Republican, were standing for reelection (Catania having won a special election for Girgenti's Assembly seat). Pascrell and Catania won re-election, with Pascrell's running mate Eli Burgos finishing third and his Paterson rival Martin Barnes fourth.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=40321 |title=NJ General Assembly 35 Race |publisher=Our Campaigns |date=November 5, 1991 |access-date=June 9, 2012 |archive-date=September 24, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924170353/http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=40321 |url-status=live }}</ref>

In 1993, Pascrell and Reverend Alfred E. Steele of Paterson attempted to put Democrats in full control of District 35 again while Catania ran with Paterson's Harvey Nutter to try to win the seats for the Republicans. Once again, the incumbents won, with Pascrell as the leading vote-getter at 31%. Catania had a tighter race with Steele.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=149569 |title=NJ General Assembly 35 Race |publisher=Our Campaigns |date=November 2, 1993 |access-date=June 9, 2012 |archive-date=August 21, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240821162258/https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=149569 |url-status=live }}</ref>

Pascrell and Steele broke through as a pair and won control of the Assembly seats for the Democrats in 1995. Facing Donald Hayden, who was appointed to the seat after Catania was selected to serve in a state administrative position, and Dennis Gonzalez in the general election, both emerged with significant victories and Pascrell once again topped out at 33%.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=156653 |title=NJ General Assembly 35 Race |publisher=Our Campaigns |date=November 7, 1995 |access-date=June 9, 2012 |archive-date=August 21, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240821163137/https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=156653 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>[https://nj.gov/state/elections/assets/pdf/election-results/1995/1995-general-election-results-general-assembly.pdf#page=35 Official List General Election Returns for the Office of General Assembly for Election Held November 7, 1995] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240821163018/https://nj.gov/state/elections/assets/pdf/election-results/1995/1995-general-election-results-general-assembly.pdf#page=35 |date=August 21, 2024 }}, New Jersey Department of State, December 4, 1995. Accessed January 29, 2024.</ref> He eventually became Minority Leader Pro Tempore.<ref name=globeobit/>

Pascrell resigned from the General Assembly in January 1997 in order to take his seat in the House of Representatives; his replacement was Nellie Pou.<ref>{{cite book |url=https://www.lawdiary.com/docs/2004-Legislative-Manual.pdf |title=Manual of the Legislature of New Jersey − Two Hundred and Eleventh Legislature (First Session) |year=2004 |publisher=Skinder-Strauss Associates |pages=289–290 |access-date=July 4, 2015 |archive-date=March 3, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303234801/https://www.lawdiary.com/docs/2004-Legislative-Manual.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref>

===Mayor of Paterson=== Frank Graves, the mayor of Paterson, died on March 5, 1990. Pascrell faced City Council President Reverend Albert P. Rowe, Passaic County Freeholder Michael Adamo, and former councilman and police officer Roy Griffin in the nonpartisan election. He won 51.4% of the vote and was sworn in on July 1 of that year, while keeping his seat in the General Assembly.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=554609 |title=Paterson, NJ Mayor Race |publisher=Our Campaigns |date=May 8, 1990 |access-date=June 9, 2012 |archive-date=August 21, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240821162425/https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=554609 |url-status=live }}</ref>

Pascrell ran for a second term in 1994 and faced two challengers, his former District 35 rival Martin Barnes and long-standing Sixth Ward councilman and former mayor Tom Rooney. He won the three-way contest with 46% of the vote.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=554608 |title=Paterson, NJ Mayor Race |publisher=Our Campaigns |date=May 10, 1994 |access-date=June 9, 2012 |archive-date=November 12, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131112035113/http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=554608 |url-status=live }}</ref>

Pascrell resigned as mayor on January 3, 1997, in order to take his congressional seat. The city council appointed Barnes to replace him.<ref>{{cite news  |title=Former Mayor of Paterson Is Given 37 Months for Bribery |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2003/04/29/nyregion/former-mayor-of-paterson-is-given-37-months-for-bribery.html |newspaper=New York Times |date=April 29, 2003 |access-date=September 29, 2011 }}</ref>

==U.S. House of Representatives==

===Elections=== In 1996, Pascrell ran for the Democratic nomination in New Jersey's Eighth Congressional District. The seat had been reliably Democratic for many years; it had been in Democratic hands without interruption from 1961 to 1995, with Robert A. Roe serving from 1969 until 1993. But in the 1994 Republican Revolution, Republican Bill Martini, a Clifton councilman and Passaic County freeholder, defeated Roe's successor, Herbert Klein. Pascrell won the nomination and the seat, defeating the incumbent with 51% of the vote.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=27187 |title=NJ District 8 Race |publisher=Our Campaigns |date=November 5, 1996 |access-date=June 9, 2012 |archive-date=April 27, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150427110952/http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=27187 |url-status=live }}</ref> The district reverted to form, and Pascrell never faced another contest nearly that close again; winning reelection seven more times with at least 62% of the vote.<ref name=globeobit/>

==== 2012 ==== {{Main|2012 United States House of Representatives elections in New Jersey#District 9}}

After redistricting, the existing 8th district was eliminated, and Pascrell's home in Paterson was placed in the newly redrawn 9th district. Fellow Democratic congressman Steve Rothman decided to move into the reconfigured 9th and challenge Pascrell in the primary. Rothman's home in Fair Lawn had been drawn into a Republican-leaning district against Republican Scott Garrett.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://blog.nj.com/njv_editorial_page/2011/12/us_rep_steve_rothmans_challeng.html |title=U.S. Rep Steve Rothman's challenge to Bill Pascrell is bad for N.J., U.S. |newspaper=The Star-Ledger |date=December 30, 2011 |access-date=June 9, 2012 |archive-date=May 1, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120501024529/http://blog.nj.com/njv_editorial_page/2011/12/us_rep_steve_rothmans_challeng.html |url-status=live }}</ref> Geographically, the new district was more Rothman's district than Pascrell's. It covered 53% of Rothman's former territory and only 43% of Pascrell's.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.dailyrecord.com/article/CN/20111228/NJNEWS/312280015/Dems-square-off-stay-Congress?odyssey=mod_sectionstories |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130121102627/http://www.dailyrecord.com/article/CN/20111228/NJNEWS/312280015/Dems-square-off-stay-Congress?odyssey=mod_sectionstories |url-status=dead |archive-date=January 21, 2013 |title=Rothman to challenge Pascrell in 9th District Democratic battle |newspaper=Daily Record |date=December 28, 2011 |access-date=September 10, 2013 }}</ref>

The primary contest devolved into a highly competitive proxy war over Israel. American Arab Forum president Aref Assaf published a column in ''The Star-Ledger'', "Rothman Is Israel's Man in District 9", in which he wrote:

<blockquote>As total and blind support becomes the only reason for choosing Rothman, voters who do not view the elections in this prism will need to take notice. Loyalty to a foreign flag is not loyalty to America's [flag].<ref name=Assaf/></blockquote>

Pascrell supporters reportedly produced Arabic-language campaign posters encouraging the "Arab diaspora community" to elect Pascrell, "the friend of the Arabs." The posters called the race "the most important election in the history of the [Arab American] community."<ref name=Assaf>Assaf, Aref. [http://blog.nj.com/dr_aref_assaf/2012/02/rothman_is_israels_man_in_district_9_pascrell_is_the_peoples_choice.html Rothman is Israel's man in District 9] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120609005428/http://blog.nj.com/dr_aref_assaf/2012/02/rothman_is_israels_man_in_district_9_pascrell_is_the_peoples_choice.html |date=June 9, 2012 }}, ''The Star-Ledger'', February 19, 2012.</ref><ref>Glick, Caroline B. [https://www.jpost.com/LandedPages/PrintArticle.aspx?id=273110 Defeating the Jewish Alinskyites] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120614132415/http://www.jpost.com/LandedPages/PrintArticle.aspx?id=273110 |date=June 14, 2012 }}, ''The Jerusalem Post'', June 7, 2012.</ref>

''Jewish Voice and Opinion'' publisher Susan Rosenbluth wrote that "a number of Arab-American constituents have come out with outrageous attacks on Rothman" and "I haven't heard a dual loyalty charge for years." She also sharply criticized Pascrell for remaining silent and refusing to condemn the charges of dual loyalty.<ref>Goodman, Alana. [http://www.commentarymagazine.com/2012/02/24/pascrell-silent-dual-loyalty-slur/ Pascrell Stays Silent on Dual-Loyalty Slur], ''Commentary Magazine'', February 24, 2012.</ref><ref>Silberman, Zach. [http://washingtonjewishweek.com/main.asp?SectionID=88&SubSectionID=295&ArticleID=16702 UPDATE: Pascrell backer: Rothman is a 'patriot,' but campaign won't condemn Assaf] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120501064421/http://washingtonjewishweek.com/main.asp?SectionID=88&SubSectionID=295&ArticleID=16702 |date=May 1, 2012 }}, ''Washington Jewish Week'', February 23, 2012.</ref>

Pascrell defeated Rothman in the June 5 Democratic primary, 31,435 to 19,947, capturing about 61% of the vote.<ref>{{cite web | title = Candidates for House of Representatives For PRIMARY ELECTION 06/05/2012 | work = Official election results | publisher = NJ Secretary of State | date = July 23, 2012 | url = http://www.njelections.org/2012-results/2012-official-primary-results-house-of-rep-0723.pdf | access-date = September 10, 2013 | archive-date = August 21, 2024 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20240821165714/http://www.njelections.org/2012-results/2012-official-primary-results-house-of-rep-0723.pdf | url-status = live }}</ref>

In the general election, Pascrell faced Rabbi Shmuley Boteach. Pascrell raised more money than any other congressional candidate in the nation in 2012 ($2.6 million) and raised 10 times the sum that Boteach raised.<ref name="auto17">{{Cite web|url=https://www.nj.com/politics/2012/11/nj_9th_congressional_district.html|title=N.J. 9th Congressional District winner: Bill Pascrell|author=Salvador Rizzo|work=The Star-Ledger|date=November 7, 2012|access-date=February 16, 2021|archive-date=May 11, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210511165917/https://www.nj.com/politics/2012/11/nj_9th_congressional_district.html|url-status=live}}</ref> Democrats outnumbered Republicans by a three-to-one margin in the new 9th district. Pascrell won a ninth term by a margin of 73.6% to 25.4%.<ref name="auto17"/><ref>[https://www.politico.com/2012-election/results/house/new-jersey/ 2012 House Races], Politico. Retrieved March 2, 2015.</ref>

===Tenure=== thumb|Pascrell in 2011 On October 10, 2002, Pascrell was among 81 Democratic House members to vote to authorize the invasion of Iraq.<ref name="House of Representatives Roll call">{{cite web |url=http://www.govtrack.us/congress/votes/107-2002/h455 |title=107th Congress-2nd Session 455th Roll Call Vote of by members of the House of Representatives |publisher=Govtrack.us |access-date=October 4, 2013 |archive-date=October 5, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131005014600/http://www.govtrack.us/congress/votes/107-2002/h455 |url-status=live }}</ref>

Pascrell was one of the original members of the Homeland Security Committee, eventually rising to the post of ranking member on the Emergency Preparedness Subcommittee. He has a particular interest in fire safety, and authored the bill that created the Assistance to Firefighters Grant Program, which gives federal grants directly to all fire departments, including volunteer fire departments, which he called "the forgotten part of the public safety equation".<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://pascrell.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=3635|title=A Federal Partnership with our Local "First Responders"|date=January 31, 2002|website=U.S. Representative Bill Pascrell|access-date=August 21, 2024|archive-date=June 23, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240623125448/https://pascrell.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=3635|url-status=live}}</ref>

Pascrell was also a member of the House Transportation Committee, where he worked to modernize roads, bridges, airports, and mass transit systems.<ref name=issues>{{cite web|url=https://pascrell.house.gov/issues/issue/?IssueID=14900|title=Issues: Transportation & Infrastructure|date=November 13, 2017|publisher=Pascrell.House.gov|accessdate=August 21, 2024|archive-date=August 23, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240823005355/https://pascrell.house.gov/issues/issue/?IssueID=14900|url-status=live}}</ref> He secured funding for reconstructing various dangerous New Jersey roads and bridges, including the Route 46 corridor.<ref name=issues/> In addition, he helped craft legislation to renew federal surface transportation programs, providing funding for New Jersey Transit.<ref name=issues/> The legislation concerned projects of rail expansion between Passaic and Bergen counties, bridge construction throughout Route 46, and the establishment of~ a bike-pedestrian path in South Orange.<ref name=issues/>

Pascrell was an Italian American and was outspoken about Italian Americans' stereotypical representation in shows such as HBO's ''The Sopranos''. His Italian heritage was questioned by comedian Stephen Colbert of ''The Colbert Report'', who alleged in an interview that Pascrell could not truly be of Italian descent because Italian surnames must end with a vowel. Pressed by Colbert for an example of an Italian surname ending in a consonant, Pascrell responded with "Sole".<ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/2006/02/26/weekinreview/26stol.html?ex=1298610000&en=511364b1ab18854b&ei=5090&partner=rssuserland&emc=rss "Laugh, and the Voters Will Laugh With You, or at Least at You"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240821165715/https://www.nytimes.com/2006/02/26/weekinreview/laugh-and-the-voters-laugh-with-you-or-at-least-at-you.html |date=August 21, 2024 }}, ''The New York Times'', February 26, 2006</ref>

During Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band's 2009 Working on a Dream Tour, Pascrell asked the Federal Trade Commission and the U.S. Department of Justice to investigate the practices of Ticketmaster and TicketsNow in regard to sales of tickets to the tour's New Jersey shows.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.newsday.com/entertainment/music/ny-nyspring0204,0,4567075.story | title=Springsteen ticket glitch has pol calling for federal probe | agency=Associated Press | newspaper=Newsday | date=February 3, 2009 | access-date=February 7, 2009 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090214062843/http://www.newsday.com/entertainment/music/ny-nyspring0204%2C0%2C4567075.story | archive-date=February 14, 2009 | url-status=dead }}</ref> He subsequently introduced federal legislation, the "BOSS ACT" (Better Oversight of Secondary Sales and Accountability in Concert Ticketing), to require primary ticket sellers to disclose how many tickets were being held back from sale, prohibit ticket brokers from buying tickets during the first 48 hours on sale, and prohibit primary ticket sellers, promoters, and artists from entering the secondary market.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.nj.com/news/ledger/jersey/index.ssf?/base/news-13/124382912174260.xml&coll=1 | title=The BOSS ACT rewrites rules on ticket sales | author=McGlone, Peggy | newspaper=The Star-Ledger | date=June 1, 2009 | access-date=June 21, 2009 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090611192246/http://www.nj.com/news/ledger/jersey/index.ssf?%2Fbase%2Fnews-13%2F124382912174260.xml&coll=1 | archive-date=June 11, 2009 | url-status=live }}</ref> In 2012, problems again arose during the ticket sales for Springsteen's 2012 Wrecking Ball Tour. Ticketmaster said web traffic was 2.5 times its highest level for the year. Shows were selling out within minutes and many tickets at much higher prices appeared on resale websites such as StubHub less than an hour after the onsale time. Pascrell said he would reintroduce the BOSS ACT.<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Fixmer |first=Andy |url=http://www.businessweek.com/news/2012-01-29/ticketmaster-says-scalpers-system-as-springsteen-goes-on-sale.html |title=Ticketmaster Says Scalpers System as Springsteen Goes on Sale |magazine=Businessweek |date=January 27, 2012 |access-date=June 9, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120701201458/http://www.businessweek.com/news/2012-01-29/ticketmaster-says-scalpers-system-as-springsteen-goes-on-sale.html |archive-date=July 1, 2012 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=Feldman |first=Emily |url=http://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/NY-Jersey-Rep-Bill-Pascrell-Slams-Ticketmaster-Following--138219294.html |title=N.J. Rep. Calls for Gov't Oversight Following Springsteen Ticket Glitch |publisher=NBC New York |date=January 28, 2012 |access-date=June 9, 2012 |archive-date=August 21, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240821165357/https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/ny-jersey-rep-bill-pascrell-slams-ticketmaster-following-2/2124116/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

In October 2008, after the death of a young boy in his district who returned to playing football without having fully recovered from a concussion sustained earlier in the season, Pascrell introduced the Concussion Treatment and Care Tools Act (ConTACT), which has been endorsed by the National Football League, the National Football League Players Association, and the Brain Injury Association of America. ConTACT brings together a conference of experts to produce a guidelines for the treatment and care of concussions for middle- and high-school students. It also provides funding for schools' adoption of baseline and post-injury neuropsychological testing technologies.<ref>{{cite news|title=Congressman Pascrell Testifies Before House Judiciary Committee Hearing on Head Injuries Related to Participation in Sports|url=http://www.house.gov/apps/list/press/nj08_pascrell/pr10282009.shtml|newspaper=Congressman Bill Pascrell|date=October 28, 2009|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110605011736/http://www.house.gov/apps/list/press/nj08_pascrell/pr10282009.shtml|archive-date=June 5, 2011}}</ref>

In 2009, Pascrell was instrumental in the protection of Paterson Great Falls National Historical Park.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Sobko |first=Katie |title=Congressman Bill Pascrell Jr. dies at 87 |url=https://www.northjersey.com/story/news/2024/08/21/bill-pascrell-obituary-nj-congressman/74409634007/ |access-date=August 21, 2024 |website=North Jersey Media Group |language=en-US |archive-date=August 21, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240821162959/https://www.northjersey.com/story/news/2024/08/21/bill-pascrell-obituary-nj-congressman/74409634007/ |url-status=live }}</ref> [[File:P20211025AS-1528 (51761370876).jpg|thumb|Pascrell delivers remarks on the Build Back Better Agenda in October 2021 in Kearny, New Jersey.]] In January 2011, in response to the shooting of Representative Gabby Giffords, Pascrell said, "[t]here's an aura of hate and elected politicians feed it. Certain people on Fox News feed it."<ref>{{cite news|last=Jackson|first=Herb|title=NJ lawmakers shocked by shooting of Congresswoman Giffords, others at public event|url=http://www.northjersey.com/news/010811_NJ_lawmakers_shocked_by_by_shooting_of_Congresswoman_Giffords.html?page=all|newspaper=The Record|date=January 9, 2011}}</ref>

On March 12, 2013, Pascrell introduced the Traumatic Brain Injury Reauthorization Act of 2013 (H.R. 1098; 113th Congress), a bill that would reauthorize appropriations for Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) projects to reduce the incidence of traumatic brain injury and projects related to track and monitor traumatic brain injuries.<ref name=1098sum>{{cite web|title=H.R. 1098 – Summary|url=https://beta.congress.gov/bill/113th-congress/house-bill/1098|publisher=United States Congress|access-date=June 24, 2014|archive-date=August 21, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240821164845/https://www.congress.gov/bill/113th-congress/house-bill/1098|url-status=live}}</ref> He was the co-founder and co-chair of the Congressional Brain Injury Task Force, which was founded in 2001 and grew to include more than 100 members of Congress.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://pascrell.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/pascrell-tbi-reauthorization-headed-to-president-s-desk |title=Pascrell TBI Reauthorization Headed to President's Desk |publisher=pascrell.house.gov |date=November 14, 2014 |access-date=November 14, 2014 |archive-date=August 22, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240822064037/https://pascrell.house.gov/news/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

On December 11, 2020, Pascrell, citing the 14th Amendment (§3, specifically), called for House Speaker Nancy Pelosi not to seat Republicans who signed an ''amicus curiae'' brief supporting ''Texas v. Pennsylvania'' plaintiff Ken Paxton, Texas Attorney General. This proposal would not seat nearly two-thirds of the Republican representatives of the incoming 117th United States Congress. Pascrell said, "The text of the 14th Amendment expressly forbids Members of Congress from engaging in rebellion against the United States. Trying to overturn a democratic election and install a dictator seems like a pretty clear example of that."<ref>{{Cite web|last=Williams|first=Jordan|date=December 11, 2020|title=Democrat asks Pelosi to refuse to seat lawmakers supporting Trump's election challenges|url=https://thehill.com/homenews/house/529883-rep-pascrell-jr-asks-pelosi-to-refuse-to-seat-lawmakers-supporting-trumps|access-date=December 12, 2020|website=The Hill|language=en|archive-date=December 12, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201212055323/https://thehill.com/homenews/house/529883-rep-pascrell-jr-asks-pelosi-to-refuse-to-seat-lawmakers-supporting-trumps|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|last1=Broadwater|first1=Luke|last2=Cameron|first2=Chris|last3=Newman|first3=Andy|date=December 11, 2020|title=As two-thirds of House Republicans support the Texas election suit, a Democrat called them 'traitors.'|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/11/us/politics/as-two-thirds-of-house-republicans-support-the-texas-election-suit-a-democrat-called-them-traitors.html|access-date=December 12, 2020|issn=0362-4331|archive-date=December 12, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201212000300/https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/11/us/politics/as-two-thirds-of-house-republicans-support-the-texas-election-suit-a-democrat-called-them-traitors.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Pascrell, Jr|first=Bill|date=December 11, 2020|title=Today I'm calling on House leaders to refuse to seat any Members trying to overturn the election and make donald trump an unelected dictator.|url=https://twitter.com/billpascrell/status/1337487726212472832|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201211200210/https://twitter.com/BillPascrell/status/1337487726212472832 |archive-date=December 11, 2020 |access-date=December 12, 2020|website=Twitter|language=en}}</ref>

Pascrell had a mixed record on abortion while in Congress. In 1997, Pascrell was one of 77 House Democrats to vote in favor the Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act.<ref>{{cite web |title=FINAL VOTE RESULTS FOR ROLL CALL 65 |url=https://clerk.house.gov/evs/1997/roll065.xml |publisher=United States House of Representatives |access-date=April 28, 2023 |archive-date=August 21, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240821165435/https://clerk.house.gov/evs/1997/roll065.xml |url-status=live }}</ref> He voted for the legislation again in 2003, when it was signed into law by President George W. Bush.<ref>{{cite web |title=FINAL VOTE RESULTS FOR ROLL CALL 530 |url=https://clerk.house.gov/evs/2003/roll530.xml |publisher=United States House of Representatives |access-date=April 28, 2023 |archive-date=August 21, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240821162139/https://clerk.house.gov/evs/2003/roll530.xml |url-status=live }}</ref> Subsequently, he adopted a stance more supportive of abortion rights. In 2013, Pascrell voted against the Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act despite noting that he had "been against any government funding of abortion" throughout his congressional tenure.<ref>{{cite web |title=Rep. Pascrell Floor Statement Opposing Bill to Restrict Abortions |date=June 18, 2013 |url=https://pascrell.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=1893 |publisher=United States House of Representatives |access-date=April 28, 2023 |archive-date=April 28, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230428045300/https://pascrell.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=1893 |url-status=live }}</ref> After the Supreme Court overturned ''Roe v. Wade'' in 2022, he wrote that "it is not the place for a judge or politician to interfere with a woman's bodily decision."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Salant |first1=Jonathan D. |title=Where N.J. congressional candidates stand on inflation, abortion and other big issues |url=https://www.nj.com/politics/2022/11/where-nj-congressional-candidates-stand-on-inflation-abortion-and-other-big-issues.html |access-date=April 28, 2023 |work=NJ.com |date=November 3, 2022 |archive-date=December 14, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221214230752/https://www.nj.com/politics/2022/11/where-nj-congressional-candidates-stand-on-inflation-abortion-and-other-big-issues.html |url-status=live }}</ref> In December 2022, he voted in favor of the Puerto Rico Status Act (H.R. 8393), bipartisan legislation that gives the people of Puerto Rico the ability to decide their political future.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://pascrell.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=5240 |title=Pascrell Enthusiastically Votes for Puerto Rico Self Determination Puerto Rico Status Act taken up by House |publisher=pascrell.house.gov |date=December 15, 2022 |access-date=August 22, 2024 |archive-date=June 28, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240628030646/https://pascrell.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=5240 |url-status=live }}</ref> He voted against the Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act in January 2023.<ref>{{cite web |title=FINAL VOTE RESULTS FOR ROLL CALL 29 |url=https://clerk.house.gov/evs/2023/roll029.xml |publisher=United States House of Representatives |access-date=April 28, 2023 |archive-date=February 23, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230223105957/https://clerk.house.gov/evs/2023/roll029.xml |url-status=live }}</ref>

Pascrell voted with President Joe Biden's stated position 100% of the time in the 117th Congress, according to a ''FiveThirtyEight'' analysis.<ref>{{Cite web |last1=Bycoffe |first1=Aaron |last2=Wiederkehr |first2=Anna |date=April 22, 2021 |title=Does Your Member Of Congress Vote With Or Against Biden? |url=https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/biden-congress-votes/house/ |access-date=November 15, 2023 |website=FiveThirtyEight |language=en |archive-date=November 15, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231115121219/https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/biden-congress-votes/house/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>

''The New York Times'' described Pascrell as a "blunt progressive Democrat".<ref name="blunt" />

===Committee assignments=== * Committee on Ways and Means<ref>{{cite web |title=Committee Members |url=https://waysandmeans.house.gov/about/committee-members |website=House Ways and Means Committee |publisher=United States House of Representatives |access-date=February 24, 2019 |archive-date=February 25, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190225103012/https://waysandmeans.house.gov/about/committee-members |url-status=dead }}</ref> ** Chairman, Subcommittee on Oversight<ref>{{cite web |title=Subcommittee on Oversight |url=https://waysandmeans.house.gov/subcommittees/oversight-117th-congress |website=House Ways and Means Committee |publisher=United States House of Representatives |access-date=April 13, 2021 |archive-date=April 10, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210410112800/https://waysandmeans.house.gov/subcommittees/oversight-117th-congress |url-status=live }}</ref>

===Caucus memberships=== * Law Enforcement Caucus (co-chair)<ref name=com/> * Congressional Fire Services Caucus (co-chair)<ref name=com/> * Congressional Historic Preservation Caucus (co-chair)<ref name=com/> * Congressional Home Protection Caucus (co-chair)<ref name=com>{{cite web|url=https://pascrell.house.gov/legislation/committees-and-caucuses.htm|title=Committees and Caucuses|publisher=Pascrell.House.gov|accessdate=August 21, 2024|archive-date=August 22, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240822064028/https://pascrell.house.gov/legislation/committees-and-caucuses.htm|url-status=live}}</ref> * House Textile Caucus (co-chair)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://pascrell.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=5081|title=Press Releases|date=March 31, 2022|publisher=Pascrell.House.gov|accessdate=August 21, 2024|archive-date=August 21, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240821184339/https://pascrell.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=5081|url-status=live}}</ref> * House Baltic Caucus<ref>{{cite web|title=Members|url=http://housebalticcaucus.webs.com/members|publisher=House Baltic Caucus|access-date=February 21, 2018|archive-date=June 19, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220619215630/https://housebalticcaucus.webs.com/members|url-status=live}}</ref> * Congressional Arts Caucus'''<ref>{{cite web|title=Membership|url=https://artscaucus-slaughter.house.gov/membership|publisher=Congressional Arts Caucus|access-date=March 13, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180612140644/https://artscaucus-slaughter.house.gov/membership|archive-date=June 12, 2018|url-status=dead}}</ref>''' * U.S.-Japan Caucus<ref>{{cite web|title=Members|url=https://usjapancaucus-castro.house.gov/members|publisher=U.S. – Japan Caucus|access-date=December 14, 2018|archive-date=December 21, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181221215846/https://usjapancaucus-castro.house.gov/members|url-status=live}}</ref> * Blue Collar Caucus<ref>{{cite web|url=https://boyle.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/blue-collar-caucus-co-chairs-boyle-and-veasey-speak-out-against-latest|title=Blue Collar Caucus Co-Chairs Boyle and Veasey Speak Out Against Latest SCOTUS Attack on Unions|date=June 27, 2018|publisher=Boyle.House.Gov|accessdate=August 21, 2024|archive-date=June 29, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240629072042/https://boyle.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/blue-collar-caucus-co-chairs-boyle-and-veasey-speak-out-against-latest|url-status=live}}</ref> * Rare Disease Caucus<ref>{{cite web|title=Rare Disease Congressional Caucus|author=|url=https://everylifefoundation.org/rare-advocates/rarecaucus/rarecaucus-members/|format=|publisher=Every Life Foundation for Rare Diseases|date=|accessdate=18 December 2024}}</ref> * Congressional Coalition on Adoption<ref>{{Cite web|title=Congressional Coalition on Adoption Institute|url=https://www.ccainstitute.org/|language=en|access-date=January 29, 2024|archive-date=January 29, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240129233546/http://www.ccainstitute.org/|url-status=live}}</ref> * Congressional Caucus on Turkey and Turkish Americans<ref>{{cite web|title=Members of the Caucus on U.S. - Türkiye Relations & Turkish Americans|author=|url=https://www.tc-america.org/in-congress/caucus.htm|publisher=Turkish Coalition of America|date=|accessdate=30 September 2024}}</ref> * Congressional Wildlife Refuge Caucus<ref>{{cite web|title=Strengthening Conservation Advocacy: Congressional Wildlife Refuge Caucus Expansion & Reconstitution|author=|url=https://www.refugeassociation.org/news/2023/12/18/strengthening-conservation-advocacy-congressional-wildlife-refuge-caucus-expansion-amp-reconstitution|format=|publisher=National Wildlife Refuge Association|date=December 15, 2023|accessdate=6 February 2025|archive-date=January 28, 2025|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250128114007/https://www.refugeassociation.org/news/2023/12/18/strengthening-conservation-advocacy-congressional-wildlife-refuge-caucus-expansion-amp-reconstitution|url-status=dead}}</ref>

===Party leadership=== * Steering and Policy Committee, Region IX representative (New Jersey, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, and Washington D.C.)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://crsreports.congress.gov/product/pdf/RS/RS21165/45|title=House Standing Committee Chairs and Ranking Minority Members: Rules Governing Selection Procedures|publisher=CRSReports|accessdate=August 21, 2024|archive-date=March 28, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230328070844/https://crsreports.congress.gov/product/pdf/RS/RS21165/45|url-status=live}}</ref>

==Personal life== Pascrell was married to his wife, Elsie, for 61 years. The couple had three children. At the time of Pascrell's death, the couple had five grandchildren.<ref name="globe" />

Pascrell was a Roman Catholic.<ref name="blunt">{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/21/nyregion/bill-pascrell-dead.html|title=Bill Pascrell Jr., 14-Term House Democrat From N.J., Dies at 87 |website=The New York Times|last1=Roberts |first1=Sam|last2=Fried |first2=Joseph|date=August 21, 2024}}</ref>

===Illness and death=== In 2020, Pascrell underwent heart surgery.<ref>{{cite news|url = https://www.politico.com/news/2024/08/12/bill-pascrell-hospitalized-again-00173624|title = New Jersey Rep. Bill Pascrell hospitalized again|last = Friedman|first = Matt|date = August 12, 2024|accessdate = August 13, 2024|work = Politico|archive-date = August 21, 2024|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20240821170252/https://www.politico.com/news/2024/08/12/bill-pascrell-hospitalized-again-00173624|url-status = live}}</ref>

On July 14, 2024, Pascrell was admitted to St. Joseph's Regional Medical Center in Paterson, where he was treated for a respiratory illness and spent some time in intensive care.<ref name=health>{{cite web|url=https://newjerseyglobe.com/congress/bill-pascrell-remains-hospitalized-after-setback/|title=Bill Pascrell remains hospitalized after setback|publisher=New Jersey Globe|accessdate=July 26, 2024|date=July 24, 2024|archive-date=July 26, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240726153950/https://newjerseyglobe.com/congress/bill-pascrell-remains-hospitalized-after-setback/|url-status=live}}</ref> He was discharged to a rehabilitation facility on August 7, but on August 11, he was hospitalized again, at Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center in Livingston, New Jersey.<ref>{{cite news|url = https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/new-jersey-rep-bill-pascrell-87-readmitted-hospital-just-days-discharg-rcna166242|title = New Jersey Rep. Bill Pascrell, 87, readmitted to hospital just days after discharge|last = Wong|first = Scott|date = August 12, 2024|accessdate = August 12, 2024|work = NBCNews.com|archive-date = August 12, 2024|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20240812190640/https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/new-jersey-rep-bill-pascrell-87-readmitted-hospital-just-days-discharg-rcna166242|url-status = live}}</ref> Pascrell died on August 21, 2024, at the age of 87.<ref name="globe">{{Cite web |last1 = Fox|first1 = Joey|last2=Wildstein|first2 = David|date=August 21, 2024 |title=Bill Pascrell, 14-term congressman and son of Paterson, dies at 87 |url=https://newjerseyglobe.com/congress/bill-pascrell-14-term-congressman-and-son-of-paterson-dies-at-87/ |access-date=August 21, 2024 |website=New Jersey Globe |language=en-US}}</ref> He was the second New Jersey congressman to die in office in 2024 after Donald Payne Jr., who died on April 24. Pascrell's funeral Mass was held on August 28, 2024, at the Cathedral of St. John the Baptist in Paterson, and he was buried at the Holy Sepulchre Cemetery in Totowa, New Jersey.<ref>{{cite news|url = https://www.northjersey.com/story/news/paterson-press/2024/08/23/bill-pascrell-jr-funeral-arrangement-dates-nj-rep/74922771007/|title = Funeral arrangements set for the late Rep. Bill Pascrell Jr.|newspaper = Paterson Press|publisher = North Jersey Media Group|date = August 23, 2024|accessdate = August 15, 2025|last = Malinconico|first = Joe}}</ref>

==Electoral history== {| class="wikitable" style="margin:0.5em ; font-size:95%" |+ {{ushr|New Jersey|8|}} and {{ushr|New Jersey|9|}}: Results 1996–2022<ref name="clerkresults">{{cite web|url=http://clerk.house.gov/member_info/electionInfo/index.html |title=Election Statistics |access-date=January 10, 2008 |publisher=Office of the Clerk of the House of Representatives |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071226190314/http://clerk.house.gov/member_info/electionInfo/index.html |archive-date=December 26, 2007 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.state.nj.us/state/elections/election-results/2010-official-gen-elect-tallies-house-112910-1st-rev.pdf |title=Candidate Returns for House of Representatives for November 2010 General Election |publisher=state.nj.us |date=November 29, 2010 |access-date=June 9, 2012 |archive-date=October 20, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121020123550/http://www.state.nj.us/state/elections/election-results/2010-official-gen-elect-tallies-house-112910-1st-rev.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref> !|Year ! rowspan="15" | !|Democratic !|Votes !|Pct ! rowspan="15" | !|Republican !|Votes !|Pct ! rowspan="15" | !|3rd Party !|Party !|Votes !|Pct ! |- |1996 | rowspan="14" {{Party shading/Democratic}} |{{nowrap|'''Bill Pascrell Jr.'''}} |{{Party shading/Democratic}} align="right" |98,861 |{{Party shading/Democratic}} |51% |{{Party shading/Republican}} |{{nowrap|William J. Martini}} |{{Party shading/Republican}} align="right" |92,609 |{{Party shading/Republican}} |48% | rowspan="2" {{Party shading/Independent}} |Jeffrey M. Levine | rowspan="3" {{Party shading/Independent}} |Independent |{{Party shading/Independent}} align="right" |1,621 | rowspan="2" {{Party shading/Independent}} align="right" |1% | |- |1998 |{{Party shading/Democratic}} align="right" |81,068 |{{Party shading/Democratic}} |62% |{{Party shading/Republican}} |{{nowrap|Matthew J. Kirnan}} |{{Party shading/Republican}} align="right" |46,289 |{{Party shading/Republican}} |35% |{{Party shading/Independent}} align="right" |804 | |'''*''' |- |2000 |{{Party shading/Democratic}} align="right" |134,074 | rowspan="2" {{Party shading/Democratic}} |67% |{{Party shading/Republican}} |{{nowrap|Anthony Fusco Jr.}} |{{Party shading/Republican}} align="right" |60,606 |{{Party shading/Republican}} |30% |{{Party shading/Independent}} |Joseph A. Fortunato |{{Party shading/Independent}} align="right" |4,469 |{{Party shading/Independent}} align="right" |2% | |'''*''' |- |2002 |{{Party shading/Democratic}} align="right" |88,101 |{{Party shading/Republican}} |{{nowrap|Jared Silverman}} |{{Party shading/Republican}} align="right" |40,318 |{{Party shading/Republican}} |31% | rowspan="2" {{Party shading/Green}} |Joseph A. Fortunato | rowspan="2" {{Party shading/Green}} |Green |{{Party shading/Green}} align="right" |3,400 |{{Party shading/Green}} align="right" |3% | |- |2004 |{{Party shading/Democratic}} align="right" |152,001 |{{Party shading/Democratic}} |69% |{{Party shading/Republican}} |George Ajjan |{{Party shading/Republican}} align="right" |62,747 |{{Party shading/Republican}} |29% |{{Party shading/Green}} align="right" |4,072 |{{Party shading/Green}} align="right" |2% | |- |2006 |{{Party shading/Democratic}} align="right" |97,568 |{{Party shading/Democratic}} |71% |{{Party shading/Republican}} |{{nowrap|Jose M. Sandoval}} |{{Party shading/Republican}} align="right" |39,053 |{{Party shading/Republican}} |28% |{{Party shading/Libertarian}} |Lou Jasikoff | rowspan="2" {{Party shading/Libertarian}} |Libertarian |{{Party shading/Libertarian}} align="right" |1,018 | rowspan="2" {{Party shading/Libertarian}} align="right" |1% | |- |2008 |{{Party shading/Democratic}} align="right" |155,111 |{{Party shading/Democratic}} |72% | rowspan="2" {{Party shading/Republican}} |{{nowrap|Roland Straten}} |{{Party shading/Republican}} align="right" |62,239 |{{Party shading/Republican}} |27% |{{Party shading/Libertarian}} |Derek DeMarco |{{Party shading/Libertarian}} align="right" |1,487 | |- |2010 |{{Party shading/Democratic}} align="right" |88,478 |{{Party shading/Democratic}} |63% |{{Party shading/Republican}} align="right" |51,023 |{{Party shading/Republican}} |36% |{{Party shading/Independent}} |Raymond Giangrosso | rowspan="3" {{Party shading/Independent}} |Independent |{{Party shading/Independent}} align="right" |1,707 |{{Party shading/Independent}} align="right" |1% | |- |2012 |{{Party shading/Democratic}} align="right" |162,822 |{{Party shading/Democratic}} |73% |{{Party shading/Republican}} |Shmuley Boteach |{{Party shading/Republican}} align="right" |55,091 |{{Party shading/Republican}} |25% |{{Party shading/Independent}} |E. David Smith |{{Party shading/Independent}} align="right" |1,138 |{{Party shading/Independent}} align="right" |0.52% | |- |2014 |{{Party shading/Democratic}} align="right" |82,498 |{{Party shading/Democratic}} |68% |{{Party shading/Republican}} |Dierdre G. Paul |{{Party shading/Republican}} align="right" |36,246 |{{Party shading/Republican}} |30% |{{Party shading/Independent}} |Nestor Montilla |{{Party shading/Independent}} align="right" |1,715 |{{Party shading/Independent}} align="right" |1% | |- |2016 |{{Party shading/Democratic}} align="right" |162,642 |{{Party shading/Democratic}} |69% |{{Party shading/Republican}} |Hector L. Castillo |{{Party shading/Republican}} align="right" |65,376 |{{Party shading/Republican}} |28% |{{Party shading/Libertarian}} |Diego Rivera | rowspan="2" {{Party shading/Libertarian}} |Libertarian |{{Party shading/Libertarian}} align="right" |3,327 | rowspan="2" {{Party shading/Libertarian}} align="right" |1% | |- |2018 |{{Party shading/Democratic}} align="right" |140,832 |{{Party shading/Democratic}} |70% |{{Party shading/Republican}} |Eric P. Fisher |{{Party shading/Republican}} align="right" |57,854 |{{Party shading/Republican}} |29% |{{Party shading/Libertarian}} |Claudio Belusic |{{Party shading/Libertarian}} align="right" |1,730 | |- |2020 |{{Party shading/Democratic}} align="right" |203,674 |{{Party shading/Democratic}} |66% |{{Party shading/Republican}} |Billy Prempeh |{{Party shading/Republican}} align="right" |98,629 |{{Party shading/Republican}} |32% |{{Party shading/Independent}} |Chris Auriemma |{{Party shading/Independent}} |Independent |{{Party shading/Independent}} align="right" |7,239 |{{Party shading/Independent}} align="right"|2% | |- |2022 |{{Party shading/Democratic}} align="right" |82,457 |{{Party shading/Democratic}} |55% |{{Party shading/Republican}} |Billy Prempeh |{{Party shading/Republican}} align="right" |65,365 |{{Party shading/Republican}} |43% |{{Party shading/Socialist Workers}} |Lea Sherman |{{Party shading/Socialist Workers}} |Socialist Workers |{{Party shading/Socialist Workers}} align="right" |1,108 |{{Party shading/Socialist Workers}} align="right"|0.7% |* |} {{Refbegin}} <nowiki>*</nowiki>Write-in and minor candidate notes: In 1998, Stephen Spinosa received 762 votes; Bernard George received 722 votes; Thomas Paine Caslander received 625 votes; and José L. Aravena received 318 votes. In 2000, Viji Sargis received 983 votes. In 2022, Sean Armstrong received 1,054 votes. {{Refend}}

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==External links== {{Commons category}} * [http://pascrell.house.gov/ Congressman Bill Pascrell] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180215160913/https://pascrell.house.gov/ |date=February 15, 2018 }} official U.S. House website {{CongLinks | congbio=p000096 | votesmart=478 | fec=H6NJ08118 | congress=william-pascrell/1510 }} * {{C-SPAN}}

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