Bob Schroeder

Some Bergen County Republican leaders have asked County Clerk Kathleen Donovan to enter the race for County Executive. Todd Caliguire, a former Bergen County Freeholder who sought the GOP nomination for Governor in 2005, is the only Republican seeking to oppose incumbent Dennis McNerney. He has the support of Bergen GOP Chairman Guy Talarico, which has caused some Republican opposed to Talarico's re-election to shop for a new candidate. Talarico is being challenged for re-election by Alan Marcus, a veteran lobbyist who served as Bergen GOP Executive Director in 1968 and 1969, and by Bill Thomson, the former Chairman of the New Jersey Christian Coalition and campaign manager for Bob Schroeder's '05 gubernatorial bid. Donovan, a former Assemblyman and GOP State Chairwoman, ran for County Executive in 2002 and lost a party convention to State Senator Henry McNamara.

No idea if I should print this, since it's really just a rumor. But I think everyone knows stuff like this goes on on Election Day-- on both sides. From an Asbury Park correspondent:

"in asbury park, the corzine campaign has hired people from DE and PA to hand out fried chicken, tacos and campaign literature right outside polling places. when the AG's office comes by to get rid of them, they drive off in a van to the next polling location. this has been going on for the past several hours. "

What's funny to me is that in the GOP county convention season, Forrester and Bob Schroeder routinely organized elaborate catered affairs for the voters INSIDE the convention halls.

REPUBLICAN PRIMARY
Doug Forrester 108,941 (36.0%)
Bret Schundler 94,417 (31.2%)
John Murphy 33,800 (11.2%)
Steve Lonegan 24,433 (8.1%)
Bob Schroeder 16,763 (5.5%)
Paul DiGaetano 16,684 (5.5%)
Todd Caliguire 7,463 (2.5%)

DEMOCRATIC PRIMARY
Jon Corzine 207,670 (88.1%)
James Kelly 19,512 (8.3%)
Frank Tenaglio 8,596 (3.6%)