President Obama’s senior political adviser, David Axelrod, will join a rally of Rep. Steve Rothman’s supporters on Wednesday afternoon at the Fiesta banquet hall on Route 17 in Wood-Ridge.
Rothman was the only member of the New Jersey delegation in Congress to support Obama over then-Sen. Hillary Rodhman Clinton before New Jersey’s 2008 primary, and Axelrod is expected to endorse Rothman’s campaign in the Democratic primary against Rep. Bill Pascrell.
Pascrell has been endorsed by former President Bill Clinton. It is one several races around the country where the rivalry between the Obama and Clinton camps of the Democratic Party are still playing out.
The Axelrod rally begins at 12:30 p.m. Rothman’s campaign described it as a private event, by invitation only.