National Republican Senatorial Committee Renege on Lonegan Campaign Funding Promises
October 28,2013
the staff of the Ridgewood blog
Ridgewood NJ, It’s been a couple of weeks since the campaign has ended and for Steve Lonegan the bills keep coming in, but all the help promised from conservatives and Republicans across the country hasn’t.
Lonegan not only ran four points ahead of Mitt Romney’s showing in this state (Romney would have won if he had run four points better!), but he carried nine counties and all six congressional districts with Republicans.
Clearly is was a victory for our ideas, and a message that Republicans can take back our country if we stand up for what we believe.
While the Republicans in Washington DC sat on their hand and did nothing Steve Lonegan fought the good fight . The Republican National Committee and the National Republican Senatorial Committee did nothing to make this race competitive.
Their absence and sellout cowardice sent a message to others to stay away. Groups like the Senate Conservatives Fund would not even acknowledge Steve’s candidacy, even while spending hundreds of thousands of dollars attacking Republican Senators who aren’t even running until 2016 or 2018.
Steve Lonegan put his own money where his mouth is spending $100,000 of his own money . Unlike Corey Booker Lorraine and Steve are not wealthy people, but believe in the free market and individual liberty and see how this is threatened by the policies of Barack Obama and Cory Booker.
According to Steve the National Republican Senatorial Committee, whose job it is is to elect Republicans, actually sent out an email that asked people to send money to help MY campaign.But they kept every penny. And now I’m left holding the bag. (See below)
Losing this election was painful for Lorraine and myself. I want to be able to keep fighting for what you and I believe in, but I just can’t do it until I can pay these bills.
If you would like to help out please do what you can today by going to my website and making an immediate debt-retirement gift today.
Click here to contribute: https://loneganforsenate.com/secure-contribution.php
National Republican Senatorial Committee Fund raising letter for Steve Lonegan
—– Forwarded Message —–
From: Brook Hougesen, Press Secretary – National Republican Senatorial Committee
Sent: Friday, September 27, 2013 11:27 AM
Subject: Strippers. Corruption. And Abandoned Homes.
Friend,
The Senate race in New Jersey is tightening. The race has shifted 7 points in our favor, over just the past few days. Newark Mayor Cory Booker is in the lead, but that lead is dropping — indicating momentum is shifting as we get closer to Election Day.
As they learn more about his character, voters are realizing that Cory Booker isn’t fit to serve. First, the news broke that Booker got paid $689,000 from a law firm to which he then steered $2 million in city contracts. Then, he issued a new vacant property ordinance, which he continued to violate on his own property. Now, we’re learning that Booker is named in a lawsuit for allegedly failing to properly investigate fraud within his Administration as Mayor. Unfortunately, that’s only the beginning.
Booker has been caught lying about a fictional friend named T-Bone and inflating stories about his past. Then, it was revealed that he was tweeting with strippers. The last thing we need in the Senate is another Anthony Weiner.
We can win in New Jersey and in 2014 Senate races across the country, but only if supporters like you step up today. Your support will ensure we have resources to get our message out and support Steve Lonegan and conservative Senate candidates in their fight.
Please contribute $100, $50, $25, or whatever you can afford today to help us win in New Jersey and take back the majority in 2014.
Sincerely,
Brook Hougesen
NRSC Press Secretary
This email was sent by: Romney for President Inc., 138 Conant St., 1st Floor, Beverly, MA 01915. This message reflects the opinions and representations of the National Republican Senatorial Committee, and is not an endorsement by Mitt Romney. You are receiving this email because you signed up as a member of Mitt Romney’s online community on 10/28/2012.
The failure of the Senate Conservatives Fund to even acknowledge that a U.S. Senate race was occurring in New Jersey in 2013 was unconscionable. Steve Lonegan was doing a ton of heavy lifting on the campaign trail raising and expounding on the essential issues of economic and personal liberty that Mike Lee and Ted Cruz were talking about on the senate floor during the government funding debate. And yet, neither of these two senators nor the SCF that (rightly) praises them to the heavens could even bring themselves to nod approvingly in Steve’s direction, or even utter his name! In stark contrast to this negligence, Sen. Rand Paul and Governors Rick Perry and Sarah Palin gave full support and came to New Jersey to give the campaign timely boosts. I don’t know what to think of this failure on the part of Lee, Cruz, and the SCF, but as a New Jersey resident I am far from forgiving them at this point.
I know hard line Republicans who hate the Tea Party more than they dislike Booker. So they didn’t vote. That simple.
The Tea Party is like Ralph Nadar for conservatives. Go ahead, throw that vote away.
The Republican party should hang its’ head in shame regarding Lonegan. With few exceptions, the RP leadership did everything they could to ignore his candidacy. The truth comes out in actions as opposed to words…….too little, too late. Despite this, he still won nine counties.
Does that tell us something?
Let’s strengthen the Republican Party in NJ and stop writing conservative candidates
off in this state!!
ST
Lonegan ran a good campaign and did his best with a very respectable showing.
Over the years he has managed to piss off reliable republicans for various reasons (myself included)
I did vote for him but I wouldn’t send him a dime.
“Hard line” Republicans always support the Republican candidate.
Obviously the people you are talking to are not “hard line” Republicans.
Shouldn’t the t party members be in the conservative party? Why destroy the republican party when they already have a party of their own?
Shouldn’t the liberals and the socialists be in their own respective parties?
Why destroy the democrat party when they already have a party of their own?
The Republican party threw away those that are willing to walk the pavement, volunteer and pony up. So, if you think the Republican Party threw away the conservatives and tea party people, then don’t give them a dime, EVER. Give it to the individual candidates. I send back requests for money with my remarks on them and they pay the postage and I will continue to do so until they become what they are suppose to be, the Republican party for fiscal responsibility. Period!