meanwhile Democrats are still processing the loss of Congressman Bill pascrell who died on Wednesday at the age of 87 but as They Mourn they're also facing an incredibly tight timeline to pick his successor the deadline for the party to submit replacement nominees is exactly one week from today on August 29th senior correspondent Brenda Flanigan has more on what happens next he's a jersey Legend he is a powerful pugilist a prince of Patterson Senator Cory Booker spoke passionately to Democrats gathered at the convention in Chicago about New Jersey's loss Congressman Bill pascrell who had served his Ninth District constituents and his home City with Fierce devotion for almost three decades passed away at the age of 87 he never forgot where he came from in Patterson that's why he is a true legend a true career public servant that fighter and he he really was your friend lieutenant governor tahisha we says pasel offered gentle support as she pursued her own political career In Paya County but minced no words on the Congressional Battlefield as a member of the Ways and Means Committee he relentlessly pursued Donald Trump's tax records and suffered no push back he said that I was being intemperate being lectured on civility from someone who works for the president president Trump it's like taking chivalry lessons from Jack the Ripper pascrell championed funding for firefighter safety treatment for traumatic brain injury and laws governing tax fairness during the recent debate over congestion pricing a prickly pasel threatened New York officials we are not the mta's ATM period and if they don't know that by now they're going to learning Bill pasel loved his City he got President Obama to declare the great fallsa National Park he loved his job happily gave roll call a tour of his Washington office and he absolutely adored baseball and intimidating Rivals I used to eat a little dirt before every game to try to scare the other team that guy is totally nuts and he had no intention of retiring he said nine years ago in that roll call interview I know I'm on a downside in the mountain tell my wife I don't even think about retiring because the moment I begin to think about it that's what I know I got to get out Pas gr's death this week has left Ninth District Democratic County committee members scrambling even as they grieve his passing they're facing an August 29th deadline mere days to fill the suddenly vacant space for Pas Carell's seat on this November's ballot says riters Micah Rashon you're not going to see the party miss this deadline uh there will be a convention between now and next week when the deadline hits assemblyman Benji Wimberly says his hat will be in the ring when the Committees vote as long as he was here um as long as he wanted to be the congressman I was there to support him in his family and uh I didn't waver uh from that and uh you know uh part of my uh heart is you know hurt and or broken and it's tough but I know like you said I think he would be like you know coach time to you know get the game plan together and get moving and uh you know I will you know at some point officially uh uh you know enter the race other possible contenders include Patterson mayor Andre seya who offered condolences to pasc gr's family but hasn't yet said if he'll run for his seat nor has assemblywoman shyva Sumpter who also had expressed prior interest ultimately committee members in pic Bergen and Hudson must quickly choose a candidate this is not a special election sit situation because there is so little time left in the remainder of pel's term we are in all likelihood not talking about a situation where the governor would call a special election to fill the remainder of the term that is what's happening in the neighboring 10th District where primary voters picked Democrat Lam Monica mver to replace the late Congressman Donald Payne but pascrell seat will remain empty until the next Congress is sworn in I'm Brenda Flanagan NJ Spotlight News [Music]