June 3, 2008 - 9:13am
Welcome to New Jersey, where voters don't support Republicans or incumbents
By Wally EdgeRepublicans have not won a United States Senate seat in New Jersey since 1972, when Clifford Case was re-elected to a fourth term over Paul Krebs, a former Congressman from Essex County. Only West Virginia and Hawaii have gone longer than New Jersey without sending a Republican to the U.S. Senate; Massachusetts has also gone 36 years without a GOP Senate victory.
Republicans have also not won a statewide election in New Jersey since 1997, when Gov. Christine Todd Whitman won a second term over State Sen. James E. McGreevey. Since Whitman’s re-election, 49 other states have elected a Republican to statewide office. A Republican presidential candidate has not carried New Jersey since 1988.
Despite the Republican electoral woes, it’s been fourteen years New Jersey Democrats have re-elected an incumbent; the last time was in 1994, when Frank Lautenberg won a third term in the Senate. No state has gone longer without re-electing a statewide officeholder.
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Joey Novick
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Carla Katz
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Patricia Quattrocchi
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Of the Republicans who mulled U.S. Senate bids, who would have run strongest against Frank Lautenberg?
Kip Bateman
5%
John Crowley
18%
Anne Evans Estabrook
10%
Joe Kyrillos
30%
Joe Pennacchio
20%
Murray Sabrin
5%
Andy Unanue
8%
Dick Zimmer
5%
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Because
Wally is an Andrews guy (with sour grapes because Andrews will be eaten alive today)
Dramatically misleading and inconsistent.
Not only is this blurb dramatically misleading it is also inconsistent with itself.
Inconsistentcy: 'no incumbent reelected statewide since Lautenberg in 1994' and 'Whitman reelected in 1997'.
Misleading: Except for Torricelli who withdrew, no incumbent has tried to get re-elected in the timeframe specified.
So saying 'incumbent are not supported in NJ" and basing the claim on the 1997-present timeframe is somewhat spurious.