Is John McCann preparing for rematch, or just paying off his debt?

Former Gottheimer opponent updates campaign website

Republican congressional candidate John McCann. (Photo: Nikita Biryukov for the New Jersey Globe).

It looks like John McCann is preparing to seek a rematch with Rep. Josh Gottheimer next year.

McCann has launched a newly-designed website with an updated campaign logo.

The sites says that “John McCann is a conservative Republican running for U.S. Congress in New Jersey’s Fifth District.”

McCann’s Twitter account also uses the new logo and continues to identify him as a candidate for Congress.

This could also be a revamped site to help McCann pay off his campaign debt – most of it owed to himself.

Gottheimer defeated McCann, a former Cresskill councilman, by 41,291 votes (56%-42%) in 2018.

McCann raised $937,522 for his challenge to Gottheimer, known as the Human Fundraising Machine.  He loaned $534,620 to his own campaign, according to reports filed with the Federal Election Commission.

He still owes $35,000 to the Strategic Campaign Group, a political consulting firm, and has $1,054 cash-on-hand.

McCann has not filed any new campaign organization with the FEC.

Republicans have been searching for a self-funder to challenge Gottheimer in 2020.

One potential candidate is Tim Luing, whose family owns the for-profit Berkeley College.

McCann did not immediately respond to a 1:23 PM call and text seeking comment.

John McCann’s 2018 campaign logo, left, and a new one unveiled on his revamped campaign website

 

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David Wildstein: David Wildstein is the Editor in Chief for the New Jersey Globe.