The ’66 Remap That Forged Samuel Alito

By Steve Kornacki
Roll Call Staff

December 14, 2005

For a New Jersey Republican of any age, 1966 was not the best of years. When the state Senate reconvened that January, it marked the first time in 53 years that Democrats held a majority in the 21-member chamber.

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