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Tag: Christopher Bateman

Dick Zimmer, former congressman and U.S. Senate contender, dies at 81

January 1, 2026   11:23 amJanuary 4, 2026   9:53 pm
Richard A. Zimmer, a three-term Republican congressman from Hunterdon County and longtime state legislator who ran a competitive race for U.S. Senate in 1996 and built a career as an advocate of fiscal conservatism, transparency in government, and the safety...
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The time a House incumbent offered to spend no more than the challenger

May 18, 2024   4:46 pmMay 18, 2024   5:15 pm
Before the days of super PACs and independent expenditures, candidates for the U.S. House of Representatives spent what they raised. That mostly benefited incumbents, but there were exceptions.  Sometimes challengers raised more, or at least remained competitive.  During an era...
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Montgomery elects first Sikh woman to head local GOP

January 28, 2022   9:22 am
Somerset County – and possibly the state – has elected the first Sikh woman to serve as a Republican municipal chair. Rosy Thakkar was elected on Thursday to lead the local Republican Party in Montgomery, a one-time GOP stronghold that...
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Murphy to name Bateman to Horizon board

January 11, 2022   10:21 amApril 3, 2022   6:06 pm
State Sen. Christopher Bateman (R-Branchburg), who will leave office at noon today after 28 years in the legislature, will be named to the Board of Directors of Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey by Gov. Murphy today. Press...
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Somerset GOP counting on Ciattarelli coattails

November 1, 2021   3:25 pmNovember 2, 2021   8:58 am
One of the places to watch on Tuesday is Somerset County, where favorite son Jack Ciattarelli is the Republican candidate for governor. There was a time when Somerset would have provided an automatic plurality for their native sons and daughters...
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Pappas, fighting Covid, cancels debate with Zwicker on Sunday

October 8, 2021   5:20 pmOctober 10, 2021   3:15 pm
GOP State Senate candidate Michael Pappas is battling Covid and won’t be able to take part in a debate set for Sunday night with Democrat Andrew Zwicker. “The past few days my wife and I have been quite ill,” Pappas...
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Somerset hasn’t elected a Democratic state senator since 1902

August 30, 2021   11:17 am
Somerset County had been a Republican bulwark in New Jersey politics for as long as anyone has been alive, but the retirement of Kip Bateman gives Democrats a chance, if not an edge, to win their first State Senate election...
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