September 3, 2008 - 11:43am

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Kuhl: Hunterdon votes will help Lance trump Stender's cash advantage

By Matt Friedman, PolitickerNJ.com Reporter

BLOOMINGTON, Minn. -- Hunterdon County Republican Chairman Henry Kuhl said this morning that the sheer amount of votes his county will deliver for Republican congressional candidate Leonard Lance will easily trump Democrat Linda Stender’s huge fundraising advantage.

“I don’t know the actual number of votes, but we’ll deliver about 70% of the number of votes for Leonard,” said Kuhl, who expects Hunterdon to vote about 65% for both Senate candidate Dick Zimmer and presidential candidate John McCain.

The 7th district is comprised of Hunterdon, Union, Somerset and Middlesex Counties – the last of which makes up just a small portion of the district.

“Fundraising is very difficult whatever you are: a candidate, county organization or municipal organization. Everybody has fundraising problems,” said Kuhl.

Stender hasn’t had any fundraising problems, however, raising $1.5 million for her campaign. As of the last FEC report, she had $1.2 million on hand.

Kuhl, however, said that the slogan used against Stender in her 2006 race against now-departing incumbent Mike Ferguson has stuck to her.

“There’s still a lot of residue of ‘Stender the Spender’ out there. A lot of people remember that,” said Kuhl.

MATT FRIEDMAN is a PolitickerNJ.com Reporter and can be reached via email at matt@politicsnj.com.

Related topics: Linda Stender, Henry Kuhl, Leonard Lance, Republican National Convention, RNCC

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