Lonegan looks to pull off the unthinkable
June 12,2013
the staff of the Ridgewood blog
Ridgewood NJ, Team Lonegan looks to pull off what many have suggested is a long shot at best , After all how could ulta-blue New Jersey ever elect a Conservative Republican but this years special election gives a huge advantage to those who already have an organization in place , Lonegan long a political outsider and a thorn in the side of New jersey’s more establishment Republicans is now being embraced by much of the mainstream.
The following officials have officially endorsed Steve Lonegan for U.S. Senate:
Hon. Mike Doherty
NJ Senator
Hon. Edward J. Smith
Warren County Freeholder
Hon. Michael Patrick Carroll
NJ Assemblyman – 25th District
Mr. Robert B. Yudin
Bergen County Chairman
Mr. Thomas T. Booth, Jr.
Camden County Chairman
Hon. Thomas J. Mastrangelo
Morris County Freeholder
Hon. John Krickus
Morris County Freeholder
Hon. Hank Lyon
Morris County Freeholder
Mr. Michael Donohue
Cape May County Chairman
Hon. Robert G. Walton
Hunterdon County Freeholder
Mr. Patrick Cassio
Rahway Republican Municipal Chairman
Hon. Louis Fligor
Atlantic Highlands Councilman
Hon. William Budesheim
Riverdale Mayor
Hon. John DiMaio
NJ Assemblyman – 23rd District
Mr. Phil Morin
Union County Republican Chairman
Mr. Henry Kuhl
Hunterdon County Republican Chairman
Hon. Dave Scapicchio
Morris County Freeholder
Hon. Doug Cabana
Morris County Freehold
Steve has always had a strong active following because of his activities with Tea Party groups and his work with AFP .
According to a political science professor quoted in nj.com yesterday, the conservative movement in New Jersey amounts to nothing more than “a small cadre of passionate supporters.” , but Team Lonegan collected over 7000 signatures from more than 21 counties across New Jersey for his nominating petition for the special election ballot.
Lonegan said that Republicans from Tea Party activists to regular party people have united behind his candidacy and that New Jersey will see the greatest grass-roots political campaign in history.
“People are fed up with the radical agenda of Barack Obama and his rubber-stamp supporters and enablers like Cory Booker and the other Democrats filing petitions today,” Lonegan said. “The support we received this weekend is just the first sign. There will be many others over the next four months. I will win this election on October 16th.”
During the gubernatorial primary, Christie poised himself to the Republicans as a conservative and handily won over Lonegan by making the former Bogota mayor look extreme. Since then, Christie has tacked left and arguably gave Obama a backdrop for looking Presidential and compassionate during Sandy a week before the election.
Recently, Christie and Obama look like a couple of frat boys reliving their glory days as they traipse down the boardwalk playing games and eating frozen custard.
Lonegan is a longshot for sure, but his fiscal plans and calls for limited government that he has stood behind for years are what NJ needs during this protracted economic slump; not more Christie Whitman financial schemes to balance the budget. I wish Mayor Lonegan well.
Lonegan alienated many Republicans, when as the Mayor of Bogota, all he did was bitch about Teterboro Airport.
Hopefully now he realizes that the users of that airport are the job creators and taxpayers.
I dont know why you squashed my comment about teterboro. THis guy’s big mouth alienated many republicans who use that airport.
He’ll get our vote only because he’s not a democrat