Alan Bateman

Congressional Candidate Alan Bateman (NJ-12) and Rep. Rush Holt will debate at Rider University this Thursday.

Congressional Candidate Alan Bateman (NJ-12) today announced that he will be unveiling a new and comprehensive plan to reduce transportation and energy costs for New Jerseyans. The plan will be made public at a campaign press conference with Senator Joseph Kyrillos (NJ-13) on Tuesday September 23th at 2:00 p.m. in the Commuter Parking Lot adjacent to Garden State Parkway Exit 109, Woodland Drive, Lincroft.

Congressional Candidate Alan Bateman (NJ-12) today announced he is attending and speaking at a rally for presidential candidate Sen. John McCain this evening at the Lincroft Inn, 700 Newman Springs Road, Middletown.

CONGRESSIONAL CANDIDATE ALAN BATEMAN (NJ-12) TODAY ANNOUNCED HIS INTRIGUE AND EXCITEMENT OVER SEN. MCCAIN'S CHOICE OF GOV. SARAH PALIN TO BE HIS RUNNING-MATE

So far, Republican Alan Bateman's congressional campaign has had no more of an impact than any of the other long-shot congressional candidates in the state.

Bateman, the Holmdel deputy mayor, is challenging incumbent U.S. Rep. Rush Holt (D-Princeton). As of June 30, he had only raised $7,575, and had $6,487 on hand (and owed $5,325 in debt).

But according to Bateman's campaign, House Minority Leader John Boehner (R-Ohio) sees something promising, and has committed to making a $5,000 donation to Bateman from his PAC.

Mercer County Republicans voted to postpone the endorsement of a U.S. Senate candidate tonight and will wait and see if biotech millionaire John Crowley decides to enter the race.

“We have two new candidates, one from Mercer County,” said Mercer County GOP Chairman Roy Wesley. “So it’s almost like we have one of our own who we need to give some consideration to.”

Crowley, 39, was a Bristol-Myers Squibb executive eleven years ago when he found out his 15-month-old daughter and four-month-old son had a rare and fatal neuromuscular disease. He wound up leaving to head up a series of biotech firms and has raised a reported $200 million for research of genetic diseases. Harrison Ford is expected to play Crowley in a film about his life.

In an informal vote, taken by a show of hands, Mercer Republicans overwhelmingly supported deferring a formal endorsement in the Senate race, and authorized the party’s executive committee to award the organization line sometime before the April 7 filing deadline.

State Sen. Joseph Pennacchio and Ramapo College Professor Murray Sabrin attended the convention. A third candidate, millionaire businessman Andy Unanue, is vacationing in Vail.

Republicans will have a congressional primary in the twelfth district, where two candidates are seeking the chance to challenge five-term Democrat Rush Holt. The Monmouth County GOP organization is backing Holmdel Deputy Mayor Alan Bateman, while Ron Paul’s New Jersey campaign is promoting Dan Maiullo, who says he joined the GOP last November to support Paul’s candidacy.  Maiullo says he’s running to “help perpetuate the enormous energy harnessed by the Ron Paul campaign for President,” and wants to his campaign against Holt “as a platform for communicating his principles of freedom and limited government.”