text: New Jersey: Bill Pascrell Wallops Steven Rothman in Primary - At the Races
  By Abby Livingston Posted at 10:36 p.m. on June 5, 2012
  Rep. Bill Pascrell trounced fellow Democratic Rep. Steven Rothman in New Jersey's 9th district primary today, in what was the fourth Member-vs.-Member race to be decided this redistricting cycle.
  Rothman began with a geographic advantage because the redrawn district contains more of his current territory. But Pascrell worked hard, focusing on grassroots turnout and greasing the local party machine apparatus that is still key to winning the ground game in the Garden State. That strategy clearly paid big dividends on Tuesday.
  The intraparty race materialized after an independent commission selected a map late last year that melded the two lawmakers' districts together. Rothman did not technically live within the lines, but he quickly relocated. Prior to the primary, Rothman and Pascrell each considered the other a friend. But now, according to Garden State sources, the blood is so bad that it will be difficult for those who chose sides to come together.
  To see the other Members who have been defeated in primaries so far this cycle, check out Roll Call's Casualty List.
  There seems to be this Rally-for-the-UnderDog effect with regard to Member-v-Member contests (thus far): The combatant who has started off clearly disadvantaged (notably in terms of constituent makeup) nevertheless has prevailed over his more 'blessed' opponent, despite, or even because of, empirical adversity, whether it is Kinzinger over Manzullo in IL, Critz over Altmire in PA, and now…