Jim Saxon

January 25, 2008 - 9:19am

Hoyer stumps for Adler, Stender today

House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-MD)House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-MD)
House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer will be in New Jersey today to campaign for congressional candidates John Adler and Linda Stender.  With Republicans Jim Saxton and Mike Ferguson retiring, Democrats view New Jersey’s third and seventh districts as strong pickup opportunities. Republicans have primaries in both districts to pick candidates for the open seats.

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November 16, 2007 - 10:11am

Gilmore will likely field a House candidate

There seems to be two certainties in the race for Jim Saxton’s seat in the U.S. House of Representatives:  that candidates from Burlington and Ocean counties will face off in a Republican primary, and that the GOP nominee will face a tough general election against State Senator John Adler, the likely Democratic nominee.

The GOP front runner is Diane Allen, a four-term GOP State Senator from Burlington and former TV news anchorwoman for the CBS affiliate in Philadelphia.  But Allen must first establish some form of détente with Burlington GOP leader Glenn Paulsen, with whom she is engaged in a fairly vicious intra-party battle, before she can expect to win a big plurality in her home county. 

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