Ellen Karcher

Senator Karcher today announced the kick-off of her “Wire to the Wire” campaign for the week leading up to Election Day.  From wearing a wire for the FBI to fight corruption in her hometown to coming down to the wire in her re-election campaign, Ellen Karcher continues to fight for the people she represents.

When State Sen. Ellen Karcher challenged Assemblywoman Jennifer Beck in a taped television debate with Michael Aron today to explain why she wants to cut $12,000,000 from New Jersey After 3, Beck denied that was one of her budget cuts.

But it was listed as such in a power point on Beck's website - at least until today.

"She was caught in a lie in an NJN debate," Karcher campaign spokesman Michael Premo said of Beck. "When she was called out on it, they altered their website."

12th district State Senate candidates Ellen Karcher and Jennifer Beck will debate on NJN this weekend. Sunday at 9AM and 11AM. 

On NJN's Reporter's Roundtable, host Michael Aron and reporters Tom Moran (Star-Ledger), Jonathan Tamari (Gannett) and Trish Graber (Gloucester County Times) discuss Legislative races, ballot questions and Barack Obama's visit to New Jersey. Friday at 6:30 PM and Sunday at 10AM.

The race for State Senator in District 2 is a Toss-Up, while Nicholas Asselta and Ellen Karcher could be headed for defeat, according to a new PoliticsNJ.com Battleground '07 analysis.  READ

Assemblywoman Jennifer Beck seems to be on both sides on whether she supports her campaign platform to cut state spending or not.

Message and Media’s Steve DeMicco and Brad Lawrence have dominated New Jersey’s political consulting industry over the last ten years, scoring the strongest contenders with the biggest budgets. They’ve elected Governors, Senators, Congressmen, and a huge number of local officials – from James E. McGreevey to Jon Corzine (twice, almost $100 million worth) to Bob Menendez to Rush Holt to Ellen Karcher.

But is their magic gone?

Political reformers don't make many friends among their fellow elected officials in this state. The moment someone tries to stand above the fracas is when that person becomes a target of both parties - and the bosses behind both parties.

Sen. Ellen Karcher ousted Republican Co-Senate President John O. Bennett II, after beating George E. Norcross’ candidate in the Democratic primary, Oceanport Mayor Gordon Gemma.  Norcross tried to bring Karcher into his fold and she wouldn't budge. Instead she forged an alliance with Senate President Richard Codey.

This week, Karcher is in trouble in her re-election bid, with some polls showing her six to nine points behind Republican Assemblywoman Jennifer Beck. Despite the Karcher campaign's efforts to drag Beck's numbers down with New York market attack ads the campaign has run since October 15th, Beck's campaign isn't crumbling, or showing any signs of fissure.

The race for State Senator in District 2 is a Toss-Up, while Nicholas Asselta and Ellen Karcher could be headed for defeat, according to a new PoliticsNJ.com Battleground '07 analysis.  READ

September:

October:

One state Senate campaign has a ping pong table and the other has a tractor, and it’s those two images that are competing now on television screens throughout households in the competitive 12th district.

In a season of property tax agony, each ad tries to make the case that the opposition tried to game or work the system for personal or private gain.