Steve Southerland becomes first person from Bay County in Congress
Speaker John Boehner administered the oath to Steve Southerland, who becomes the first person from Bay County to sit in Congress since Earl Hutto, back in the early 1980's.
State Sen. Stephen M. Sweeney, a Gloucester County Democrat, said yesterday that he has the votes to become Senate president, putting him in position to become the public face of South Jersey's political power.