Steve Lonegan Archives - New Jersey Globe

Maps: The 5th district GOP House race

May 17, 2019 10:06 amMay 21, 2019 8:59 am

As candidates begin to declare for the 2020 election, New Jersey’s 5th congressional district, already has Two Republican challengers to two-term Rep. Josh Gottheimer, also known as the “Human Fundraising Machine.” Gottheimer won this R+3 district by 4.4% in 2016...

Cory Booker has $4.1 million in Senate campaign warchest

February 27, 2019 11:49 am

Cory Booker has $4,135,489 in his U.S. Senate campaign warchest if he seeks re-election next year. Booker has not yet announced if he will seek a third term in the Senate next year. He is currently a candidate for the...

The one time Ocean’s GOP line didn’t hold

February 17, 2019 12:03 pmFebruary 17, 2019 11:08 pm

Ocean County Republican conventions are usually a coronation of the candidate recommended by the screening committee, except for the time it wasn’t. During the 2005 Republican gubernatorial primary, Ocean County was uncharacteristically full of drama. Seven candidates competed for the...

Booker for President speculation is 20 years old

February 1, 2019 6:58 amFebruary 1, 2019 2:46 am

Cory Booker’s fledgling presidential campaign comes two decades after New Jersey political insiders first predicted that he would someday run for president of the United States. Booker, 49, is the first African American to win statewide office in New Jersey. ...

Trailblazer: Cory Booker

January 21, 2019 12:01 amJanuary 21, 2019 2:34 am

Cory Booker, 49, is the first African American to win statewide office in New Jersey. He was elected to the United States Senate in 2013, winning a special election to replace the late Frank R. Lautenberg. Booker is expected to...

Hugin polling similar to other NJ GOP Senate candidates

October 18, 2018 11:29 amOctober 18, 2018 11:53 am

The increasingly dirty and exorbitantly expensive campaign for New Jersey’s United States Senate seat between incumbent Bob Menendez and Bob Hugin has produced polling numbers from Monmouth University, now the gold-standard of independent polls in New Jersey, that are not...

Gottheimer airs first attack ad

September 20, 2018 2:18 pm

Rep. Josh Gottheimer released his first attack ad of the cycle on Thursday, taking aim at opponent John McCann over allegedly double-dipping while he was an employee of Bergen County Sherriff Michael Saudino. The ad, which parodies a scene about...