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Singh never promised to self-fund, manager says

May 17, 2018 8:19 pmMay 18, 2018 1:05 pm

Hirsh Singh’s campaign manager says Republicans were never promised a seven-figure self-funder in the race to keep Frank LoBiondo’s 2nd district House seat red. It’s really the opposite, according to Mike Byrne. Republicans have pledged to raise tons of money...

As a voter, Fitzherbert says Singh concerns him

May 17, 2018 6:15 pmMay 18, 2018 1:05 pm

Brian Fitzherbert spent months campaigning for the Republican nomination for Congress in New Jersey’s 2nd district, only to see his campaign end when rival Hirsh Singh went to court to challenge his nominating petitions. Now, from his perch as a...

Fiocchi says Singh is deeply flawed, suggests he exit race

May 17, 2018 3:48 pmMay 18, 2018 1:08 pm

Former Assemblyman Sam Fiocchi says that Hirsh Singh is too flawed to hold the 2nd district congressional seat for the Republicans and says he should think about dropping out. Fiocchi has been prodding Singh to file his personal financial disclosures...

Fitzherbert will appeal ballot removal

April 10, 2018 10:29 amApril 10, 2018 4:16 pm

Congressional candidate Brian Fitzherbert will appeal a judge’s ruling that removed 26 signatures from his nominating petition and knocked him below the 200-signature threshold needed to run for the second congressional district’s House seat. The review, spurred by a challenge...

Goldberg will run with Webber, Lonegan, Grossman

April 5, 2018 6:20 pmApril 6, 2018 5:40 pm

Republican U.S. Senate candidate Brian Goldberg will be bracketed in the June primary with congressional candidates Assemblyman Jay Webber in the 11th, former Bogota Mayor Steve Lonegan in the 5th and former Atlantic County Freeholder Seth Grossman in the 2nd. ...

Salem GOP won’t endorse congressional candidate

March 25, 2018 2:54 pmMarch 26, 2018 11:02 am

Salem County Republicans will not officially endorse any candidate for the Republican nomination for Congress in New Jersey’s 2nd district. The county organization had endorsed Somers Point Councilman James Toto two weeks ago; Toto dropped out of the race for...

The GOP race to replace LoBiondo is a train wreck

March 21, 2018 12:00 pmMarch 22, 2018 1:43 pm

The fight for the Republican nomination for a congressional seat held by the GOP for the last 24 years has gone way off the rails. Eight Republicans are now seeking the nomination, and five of them have at least one...