Estabrook announces New Members of Exploratory Committee for U.S. Senate Campaign

For Immediate Release: August 16, 2007

Contact: Tom Blakely; 609-514-7300 

Estabrook announces New Members of Exploratory Committee for U.S. Senate Campaign 

Princeton, NJ – Today, new members of businesswoman Anne Estabrook’s exploratory committee for U.S. Senate were announced. 

Additions to the exploratory committee include: Assemblyman and Republican Conference Leader Peter Biondi, Assemblyman Sean Kean, Assemblywoman Jennifer Beck, Former Republican State Chairman Virginia Littell, Former Senate Minority Leader Tom Gagliano, Hunterdon County Republican Chairman Henry Kuhl, Salem County Republican Chairman Paul Reed, and Former Morris County Freeholder Director Carol Murphy.

Estabrook announced the creation of an exploratory committee made up of prominent Republicans and community leaders in July.

Elected officials and Republican leaders already on the list include: State Senator Diane Allen, Roxbury Township Clerk Bettylou DeCroce, Camden County Republican Chairman Rick DeMichele, former RNC finance chair Lewis Eisenberg, Congressman Mike Ferguson, Assemblywoman Amy Handlin, State Senator Joe Kyrillos, Union County Republican Chairman Phil Morin, Gloucester County Republican Chairman Loran Oglesby, Candy Straight,  Monmouth County Republican Chairman Adam Puharic, and former Congressman Dick Zimmer.

Business leaders on the list include: Tom Bisacquino, Andrew Chapman, Peter Cocoziello, Michael Cohan, Rafael Cuellar, Harold Doley, Hazel Gluck, Dave Gockel, Lowell Harwood, Ronald Hermance, Jeff Horn, Mike Horn, Connie Hughes, Dean Janeway, Doug Kennedy, David Lindstrom, Bill Marino, Gil Medina, Rick Mroz, Renay Salamon, Diane Schwartz, Barbara Sobel, Jeff Scheininger, Joan Verplanck, Peter Visceglia, and Gretchen Wilcox.

“I appreciate these leaders joining the committee as we consider a campaign for Senate,” said Estabrook. “I believe we need someone in the Senate who will put progress ahead of politics on the issues that affect families, taxpayers and businesses in our state.”

Estabrook is the CEO and Principal of Elberon Development Co., a New Jersey real estate company. A prominent leader in the state’s business community, Estabrook has served on corporate boards and as the first-ever woman Chairman of the New Jersey State Chamber of Commerce. Estabrook chaired the Lay Board of Trustees for the Delbarton School in Morristown for 5 years and served on the Board of Trustees at Cornell University for 10 years. She has also been an active member of her church and is a trustee of Catholic Charities in the Newark Archdiocese.

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