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Hugin enters race, sort of

February 5, 2018 12:37 am

Businessman Bob Hugin, who is expected to enter the race for United States Senator, is among the four candidates to file letters of intent with the Bergen County Republican Organization — meeting the February 1 filing deadline to compete for...

Report: Singh will seek Senate seat

February 1, 2018 2:54 am

Hirsh Singh will enter the race for the Republican nomination for U.S. Senate, according to a report by InsiderNJ. Singh won 10% of the vote in the 2017 GOP gubernatorial after spending $1 million – nearly all of it as...

Pezzullo calls for Menendez defeat

February 1, 2018 2:29 am

Republican U.S. Senate candidate Rich Pezzullo said that the Justice Department’s decision to dismiss the indictment against Democrat Bob Menendez will help the GOP pick up the Senate seat. “This is good,” Pezzullo told supporters on Wednesday evening. “The people...

Goldberg will enter Senate race

January 30, 2018 9:04 am

Construction company executive Brian Goldberg will announce his candidacy for the Republican nomination for U.S. Senate on Thursday. The West Orange resident ran for Senate in 2014 and finished third in the GOP primary with 25%. He trailed Jeff Bell...

Monmouth will wait for Hugin

January 29, 2018 10:02 am

Monmouth County Republicans won’t vote to endorse a U.S. Senate candidate at the convention on Saturday — postponing their vote to accommodate the announcement schedule of pharmaceutical millionaire Bob Hugin. Hugin has not yet announced his candidacy, but party leaders...

Pezzullo: Remember Atrocities

January 27, 2018 3:48 pm

Richard Pezzullo, one of two announced candidates for the Republican U.S. Senate nomination, asked a group of supporters in Manalapan to spent time today in remembrance of victims of the Holocaust. “Hitler was a man of pure, concentrated evil. His...

The one where Shaftan cost Whitman a landslide

January 4, 2018 11:24 am

The potential candidacy of Richard Pezzullo for the U.S. Senate reminds me of an important lesson for first-term Governors: pay attention to the base. During Gov. Christine Todd Whitman’s first term, she explored creating a bigger tent for Republicans. That’s...