Joe Pennacchio

Murray Sabrin prides himself in his support for fiscally conservative government policies, but he’s being quite liberal with some of his campaign donations.

At a press conference in Atlantic City today, Sabrin announced that all the money he raised during an internet “money bomb” between 2:00 and 3:00 this afternoon would be bet on a horse named Cowboy Cal at the Kentucky Derby tomorrow.

Sabrin spokesman George Ajjan is keeping the amount raised secret until tomorrow afternoon, when Sabrin will appear at Monmouth Park Racetrack to place the bet.

Lautenberg plays the blame game.

Pennacchio: “Let’s continue the use of brownfields as locations to produce alternative energy.”

Maverick Murray Gets 36% Of Respondents and Leads by 12 Points

If Frank Lautenberg wins re-election, he'll be 90 when his next term is over: Getty Images Photo
Sen. Frank Lautenberg leads Rep. Ron Andrews by a 35%-20% margin in the Democratic U.S. Senate primary, with Morristown Mayor Donald Cresitello at 8%, according to a new Monmouth University/Gannett New Jersey poll released today.  Lautenberg has 59%-19% approval rating among New Jersey Democrats, and a 48%-31% statewide approval.  Andrews has a 13%-15% approval rating among Democratic voters and just 44% of Democrats recognize his name.  But 61% of voters – and 56% of Democrats -- say its time for a new person in the Senate, and just 26% say the 84-year-old Lautenberg should be re-elected. 

Voters are split on whether Lautenberg is getting too old to be an effective Senator: 41% say he is, but 46% say he’s not.

Pennacchio: Gas is a dollar more a gallon since the Democrats took over Congress.

Leading up to the March 31st Federal Election Commission deadline, Senate candidate Joe Pennacchio raised only $107,710.

At the end of last month, Pennacchio had $25,081 cash-on-hand.

While those numbers appear to contradict the fundraising information the campaign released earlier this month -- which showed Pennacchio having raised $361,710 and having 279,081 -- Pennacchio said that wasn’t the case.

During the two weeks between the FEC’s cut off date and his campaign’s release of the fundraising totals, Pennacchio loaned himself an unspecified amount of money that may account for the discrepancy. As noted by Pennacchio’s campaign when the information was released, that total included two weeks after the FEC's cut off date.

Pennacchio: It’s time to use common sense when dealing with ethanol requirements.

Pennacchio: Congress must make changes to the farm bill

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