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Hudson County political insiders say that charges of driving under the influence of alcohol could impact Hoboken Councilman Christopher Campos' chances of going to the State Assembly next year. The 30-year-old Campos was charged with exeeding the legal limit around 3:00 AM Saturday morning in Manhattan, according to published reports.

Campos, who is also the municipal prosecutor in West New York, has been at the top of short lists for an open Assembly seat in the 33rd district, if incumbent Brian Stack continues his bid for State Senator against Majority Leader Bernard Kenny. Kenny is a Hoboken resident, and the conventional wisdom in Hudson is that Hoboken would maintain one of the three seats in the legislative delegation.

VASQUEZ & BUONO PROUD OF RUNNING A CLEAN CAMPAIGN
Despite Being the Target of Personal and Deceptive Attacks,
Vasquez and Buono Rise Above

Democratic candidates for Burlington County Freeholder Amy Vasquez and Dean Buono are very proud to have led a clean campaign focused solely on the issues. They believe that voters will judge them for their commitment to a clean and ethically sound campaign.

The story of Senator Frank Lautenberg leaving his wallet in a New York City taxicab -- an honest cabbie returned it -- has prompted increased speculation within political circles about the 81-year-old Senator's residency. Lautenberg's legal residence is in Cliffside Park, but many Democratic insiders say it is common knowledge that when the New Jersey Senator isn't in Washington, is real residence is at the Park Avenue apartment of his wife, Bonnie Englebardt, whom he married in 2001. Lautenberg lost his wallet traveling between his gym in Manhattan and dinner at a Big Apple restaurant -- one pol wondered how many New Jersey residents who work in Washington cross the Hudson River just to use a gym. This probably isn't a problem for Lautenberg, given the precedence of other New Jersey officials who live in New York: the residency of New Jersey Supreme Court Chief Justice Robert Wilentz became an issue in 1986 when Governor Thomas Kean reappointed him. Wilentz lived in Manhattan, explaining that his wife's illness required her to reside near her doctors.