Paul Danielczyk

June 28, 2007 - 3:16pm

Danielczyk attacks opponents on dual office holding

Republican Assembly candidate Paul “Daniels” Danielczyk today lashed out against his opponent, Joseph Vas, for abstaining from voting on the Dual Office Holding bill.

"By abstaining on the vote, Vas has admitted that a conflict of interest does exist with holding two offices,” said Danielczyk in a press release.

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September 27, 2007 - 9:22am

The legend of Bill Sutphin

In politics, timing is everything, and few politicians had the timing and perennially tough campaigns of Democrat William Halstead Sutphin. Republicans had been trying to unseat Sutphin for twelve years -- often coming close but never able to win. Sutphin had been elected Mayor of Matawan in 1914 at age 27 and quit after less than two years to serve in the military during World War I. He returned to politics in 1926 as a candidate for Mayor and in 1930 ran for the open House seat vacated when two-term Republican Harold Hoffman (who was elected Governor in 1934) gave up his seat to become state Motor Vehicles Commissioner. Back then, the old third congressional district included all of Monmouth and Ocean counties and part of Middlesex County. This was the mid-term election of Republican President Herbert Hoover and in the midst of the Great Depression, the 43-year-old Sutphin defeated Republican Thomas Gopsill, a 35-year-old four-term Assemblyman and Red Bank Commissioner (and the grandson of former Jersey City Mayor James Gopsill) by a 51%-49% margin. more >
August 24, 2007 - 12:00am

With less than $9,000, Danielczyk almost beat a veteran Congressman

Paul (Daniels) Danielczyk lost to five-term Rep. Bernard Dwyer by just 5,598 votes, 51%-46%.Paul (Daniels) Danielczyk lost to five-term Rep. Bernard Dwyer by just 5,598 votes, 51%-46%.Few pundits give Republican Paul (Daniels) Danielczyk much of a chance in his campaign for a State Assembly seat in the heavily Democratic 19th district against incumbents John Wisniewski and Joseph Vas. That must be frustrating for Danielczyk, who would have been a Congressman if his own party had given him even a tiny bit of support.

Back in 1990, newly-elected Governor Jim Florio raised taxes by $2.8 billion, and neither party anticipated that voters would take out their frustration with Florio on Democratic candidates for Congress. Bill Bradley, the popular two-term Democratic U.S. Senator, almost lost his seat to former Public Utilities Commission President Christine Todd Whitman -- the 50%-47% margin was almost entirely a backlash against Florio.

That year, the 37-year-old Danielczyk nearly upset five-term Democratic Congressman Bernard Dwyer. He lost by only 5,598 votes (51%-46%), and spent just $8,887 on his campaign

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