Bateman stays neutral in Doherty-Karrow 23rd District scrum
By Max Pizarro, PolitickerNJ.com Reporter
RARITAN TWP. – As he stood in a crowd of Hunterdon County politicians, state Sen. Christopher “Kip” Bateman (R-Somerset) quickly became the object of attention for one of them, who happens at the moment to be in the middle of a political war.
Assemblyman Michael Doherty (R-Washington Twp.) wanted help from Bateman in the form of an endorsement.
He and Assemblywoman Marcia Karrow (R-Flemington), his rival for the 23rd District state senate seat vacated by U.S. Rep.-elect Leonard Lance (R-Hunterdon), have both been aggressively seeking endorsements, and no one has yet seen Bateman pick a side.
Now Doherty towered over him. Here was Bateman’s chance.
“I just got a call from Marcia,” the state senator told Doherty.
There was a pause, and then Bateman spilled it.
“I told her I was going to stay neutral,” he said, which is what he in turn told Doherty directly, explaining that if he endorses one of them and then the other wins, he’ll get burned.
Moments later he told PolitickerNJ.com he intends to remain neutral in the Doherty-Karrow showdown.
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