Steve and Lorraine Lonegan greet supporters at River Edge Day at Veterans Memorial Park. (Photo by Donald MacLeay)
NJ Senate Battle Is Fought in Suburbs
Lonegan Goes After Booker Where the Newark Mayor Is Weakest
By
HEATHER HADDON
How does a dyed-in-the-wool conservative win a U.S. Senate seat in New Jersey, a blue state with 732,000 more registered Democrats than Republicans?
For Steve Lonegan, it comes down to hammering his Democratic opponent, Cory Booker, where he is weakest—in some of New Jersey’s suburbs and conservative-leaning areas. And polls show that Mr. Lonegan could pick up some of these votes, especially among whites and men.
“I want the libertarians, I want the tea partiers, I want the conservatives, I want the Reagan Democrats,” said Mr. Lonegan after Friday’s debate against Mr. Booker. He said the Democrats who go to church on Sundays and the “shooting range on the weekends” are his target voters.
Cory Booker in Ridgewood photo by Boyd Loving
Mr. Booker, the mayor of Newark and a national figure among Democrats, leads in recent polls by about a dozen percentage points for an open U.S. Senate seat. The margin, while still comfortable, is closer than expected for the Oct. 16 race.
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Where is the Governor? How about doing some leg work for a fellow Republican in your home state?
Do some leg work ?…. Which one ? …. #1
Wow, so clever, Mr. Nizza. Sorry I put a space in between the words “leg” and “work.” I hope I didn’t ruin your day — actually, I’m betting that for a guy like you, correcting someone’s grammer probably made you day. Your welcome (that last one was my little gift to you).