Alfredo Gutierrez

October 21, 2008 - 7:59am

Can Obama '08 top Reagan '84?

Despite major endorsements from prominent Democrats like former New Jersey Secretary of State Joan Haberle and her daughter, Dawn, and support from Alfredo Gutierrez, the owner of Xtra Supermarket in Newark, John McCain has fallen far behind Barack Obama in the race for New Jersey's fifteen electoral votes.  A Quinnipiac University poll released this morning has Obama with a 23-point lead, 59%-36%, while a new Monmouth University/Gannett New Jersey poll shows similar numbers: Obama 55%, McCain 38%.

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October 14, 2008 - 6:47pm

McCain continues to land major endorsements on road to New Jersey's 13 electoral votes

One week after scoring major Democratic endorsements from former Secretary of State Joan Haberle and her daughter, John McCain now has the support of Alfredo Gutierrez, the owner of Xtra Supermarket in Newark. “He sits on the board of United States Hispanic Chamber of Commerce," said spokesman Peter Feldman.  "He is the first Dominican to ever hold a seat on the board.”   Gutierrez was the only New Jerseyan on a list of fifty Latino endorsements announced by the McCain campaign nationally.

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