sentences:  The Republican plan chosen by the Redistricting Commission removed 7 of the largest Democratic vote-producing municipalities from the 9th District (the Jersey City, North Bergen, and Kearny sections of the District; Fairview, Hackensack, Fair Lawn and two-thirds of Teaneck) and moved major Passaic County cities and towns (Paterson, Passaic and Clifton, Haledon and Prospect Park) into the 9th Congressional District
  
  Both the incumbent congressman in the 8th and 9th districts, Bill Pascrell and Steve Rothman, announced that they would run in the Democratic Primary for the redrawn 9th Congressional District.Rothman was defeated by Pascrell in the 2012 Democratic Primary
  
  In describing the gerrymandered redistricting, Record Editorial Page Editor Alfred Doblin wrote that "While many folks are looking at the new 5th District as being a combination of the existing 5th and 9th districts, it’s really the current 8th District that is getting the lion’s share of Rothman’s 9th.Rothman’s constituents are in what these folks are calling Pascrell’s district.