Senate '06
By GoroOfLoanNew Jerseyans don't seem to have a favorite among the seven Democratic Congressmen who seem interested in replacing Jon Corzine in the United States Senate -- largely because none of the House members have huge statewide name ID. The best known is Robert Menendez, the Hudson County Democrat who is the #3 member of the House Democratic leadership. Rob Andrews of Camden County is known by less than a quarter of the state's voters despite his statewide run in the 1997 gubernatorial primary. Frank Pallone has stepped up his bid: he did a statewide mailing to Democratic County Committee members this week touting his record during seventeen years in Congress.
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Wally Edge
David Crabiel, the longtime Middlesex County Freeholder who died today at age 78, ran for Congress twice, both times without success. His first ... >
Bob Torricelli
There's nothing more difficult to see than the history before your eyes. It sometimes takes generations to understand the significance of ... >
Michael Patrick Carroll
OK, he didn't say precisely that, but when the Chairman of the Budget Committee informs us that governmental spending is the key to prosperity, ... >
Debbie Holtz
Score one for the Governor’s public relations team. For the last few weeks, they have been working overtime to fuel speculation Corzine was being ... >
Dr. Joseph Marbach
I am pleased to report the results from the first national poll conducted by Environmental Studies Program in the College of Arts and Sciences at ... >
Rob Tornoe
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Michael P. Riccards
The media, which loves headlines and knows little history, is trying to sell President Elect Obama as another Franklin Delano Roosevelt. But that ... >
Joey Novick
When I was eleven, way back in 1965, my family was invited for Thanksgiving to my cousins’ cousins, a Jewish-Italian family who lived in the ... >
Juan Melli
Last week's fight between Henry Waxman and John Dingell for chairmanship of the powerful House Energy and Commerce committee also featured a less ... >
Carla Katz
A couple of weeks ago, my mother, Angelina Katz, did her second debate on behalf of Barack Obama. A debate? My mother? If you knew her, you’d be ... >
Patricia Quattrocchi
A rained out MusicFest this past September has provided Union County with $275,000 in insurance monies. The Union County Board of Chosen Freeholders ... >
Murray Sabrin
As New Jerseyans get ready to celebrate Thanksgiving the nation's economic outlook is indeed bleak, and there doesn't seem much to be ... >
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Rush Holt has made indications that he is considering a statewid
Rush Holt has made indications that he is considering a statewide run in the near future. And with name ID at 30% statewide, I think the 12th District just might be open soon...
Perhaps Laurel Kornfeld, Media Intern for Rush Holt's 2000 Congr
Perhaps Laurel Kornfeld, Media Intern for Rush Holt's 2000 Congressional Campaign and Scheduler for Ellen Steinberg's 21st District State Senate race in 2001, who ran a very close race for Highland Park Borough Council in this year's Democratic primary, will move into Holt's district to run.
Someone using the blog ID "Francis Urquhart" is now posting? Wis
Someone using the blog ID "Francis Urquhart" is now posting? Wish I'd thought of that. LOL
What's up with you people who are scared to post under your own names? Is that you again, Ayscue? ;)