Plaxico Burress’ wife launches GOP bid for longtime Democratic NJ House seat

By Fox News · Fox News

Tiffany Burress, the wife of former New York Giants star Plaxico Burress, announced a Republican bid Tuesday for a North Jersey congressional seat long held by Democrats. Tiffany Burress announced her run Tuesday, contrasting her work in the private sector to Pou’s public office resume. Her husband memorably caught Super Bowl XLII’s game-winning touchdown to snuff out the New England Patriots' 2008 undefeated season and finished his Giants career with 4,086 receiving yards. Tiffany Burress, a Pittsburgh native, serves on the Workers’ Comp committee of the New Jersey State Bar Association, has been recognized as one of Bergen County’s "top attorneys," and was a collegiate athlete at Penn State University in Centre County, Pa. In her announcement, she criticized Pou – who won the seat of Bill Pascrell Jr. in 2024 after the Democrat died in office at 87 – just months before the election – for the series of "doors" that have "been opened" for her. FORMER OBAMA STAFFER, EX-CONGRESSMAN AMONG CANDIDATES IN CROWDED DEMOCRAT PRIMARY FOR MIKIE SHERRILL'S SEAT "Congresswoman Nellie Pou has a charmed life. Fifty years on the government dime, never had a private sector job: In 1997, doors started opening. The party bosses gave Nellie two jobs, a city administrator and a state assembly seat," Burress said, before pivoting to comparing Pou’s voting record to that of Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez , D-N.Y. Burress, running as a Republican, said that instead of having doors opened for her, she "busted through them," and that, unlike Democrats, is willing to "bust-out doors" to tell the GOP they’re wrong when they are. "Let’s try something different," Burress, of Totowa, said. FORMER HOUSE DEMOCRAT TARGETS TRUMP IN BID FOR POLITICAL COMEBACK Burress’ race could potentially be one of the more interesting contests in the Garden State, regardless of who her wide-receiver husband is. The seat, which includes the MetLife/Giants Stadium complex in East Rutherford, has not elected a Republi…