NJ-07

Kate Whitman has raised over $430,000 for her campaign for the GOP nomination for Congress in the 7th district, with over $230,000 during the last three months.  Her chief rival, State Sen. Leonard Lance, has not released any details of his fundraising.

From left to right: Will Mennen of Hunterdon County, Bergen County GOP Chairman Rob Ortiz, and Senate Minority Leader Tom Kean.

Senate candidate Joe Pennacchio won the Somerset County Republican convention tonight.

Pennacchio won the county line with 247 votes to rival Andy Unanue’s 51.

Murray Sabrin, who refused to drop his plan to run alternate slates of freeholder candidates, was not allowed to participate.

Assemblywoman Linda Stender has endorsed Frank Lautenberg for U.S. Senate, and says she will “proudly run on the same Democratic primary ballot line as him” in her bid for the Democratic nomination for Congress in New Jersey’s 7th district.

“Frank Lautenberg is New Jersey’s Senator and one of our strongest voices in Washington,” sid Stender, who came within 1% of unseating an incumbent GOP Congressman in 2006. “His continued success in delivering for New Jersey is critical as we work to move away from the failed policies of the Bush Republicans.”

I have heard it said that God’s greatest blessing is a mother’s love. That said, I will try to be objective in describing my son and his quest to be elected to Congress representing New Jersey’s 7th district.

Thomas Roughneen

WATCHUNG - In a crowded field of Republican candidates in the 7th Congressional district, longshot Thomas Roughneen highlights his background as an Iraq War veteran and son of Irish immigrants.

Honor and sacrifice are words he uses often.

Although an admirer of President George W. Bush, the 38-year old former assistant prosecutor from Watchung does not believe the administration put Americans on the proper war footing for a protracted conflict in the Middle East.

WOODBRIDGE - They agree on low taxes and strong defense, but one distinguishing issue for Republicans in the 7th district congressional primary is the environment.

State Sen. Leonard Lance (R-Hunterdon) explains that “conservative” and “conservation” have the same derivation, and does not favor drilling for oil in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR)