Frank Cifarelli

June 20, 2007 - 11:33pm

37th District Republicans try to qualify for Clean Elections funds

Democratic State Sen. Loretta Weinberg is a strong favorite to win re-election in a Bergen County district the GOP has not won since 1971.

For Republicans to stand any chance at all, their candidates say they’ll need to qualify for public financing from the Clean Elections pilot program.

But right now they’re not even close.

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November 3, 2007 - 12:31pm

Dem candidates names on ballot in bigger, bolder font


Wojciech Siemaszkiewicz, the Republican candidate for State Assembly in the 37th district, appears to have a valid complaint against a fellow Republican, Bergen County Clerk Kathleen Donovan.  The sample ballots in District 37 list the Democratic incumbents, Loretta Weinberg, Gordon Johnson and Valerie Huttle in a larger, bolder font than the GOP challengers.  While the incumbents have qualified for the "Clean Elections" designation, there is nothing in the law that allows Clean Elections candidates to have their names printed in bigger type on the ballot; indeed, the law specifically requires the names of candidates to be the same size.

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October 30, 2007 - 11:16am

Republicans raise $1,960 more than Gordon Johnson gave to LaRouche

Wojciech Siemaszkiewicz and Frank Cifarelli, the Republican Assembly candidates in District 37 who complain that PoliticsNJ.com says they can't win, have raised a combined total of $3,810 in a district that hasn't gone Republican since 1971.  The Democratic incumbents, Gordon Johnson and Valerie Huttle, qualified for public financing.

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