November 6, 2012

NEW YORK (JTA) — Rabbi Shmuley Boteach has lost his bid for a congressional seat from New Jersey.

The Orthodox rabbi, author and media personality was handily defeated in his effort to unseat Rep. Bill Pascrell (D-N.J.). Boteach mounted a longshot run as a Republican in the heavily Democratic northeastern New Jersey district.

Pascrell previously had defeated fellow Democratic incumbent Rep. Steve Rothman in a redistricting-induced party primary.

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