Richard Sexton

September 20, 2007 - 8:26pm

Adler vs. Saxton has potential for a great race

By Matt Friedman, PolitickerNJ.com Reporter

Rep. Jim Saxton (top), a 12-term Republican, will face State Sen. John Adler next yearThere’s been a lot of speculation about State Sen. John Adler running for Congress, so his announcement today that he was filing a campaign committee didn’t startle his opponent.

“It’s early, but there have been signs he was going to run. We are not surprised,” said a statement from Rep. Jim Saxton, who declined to offer any other comment.

Adler’s decision to run for Congress means that Democrats are launching their first serious challenge to U.S. Rep. Jim Saxton since Susan Bass Levin ran against him in 2000, spending over $1 million but losing by a margin of 57-42 percent. In 2006, a bad year from the GOP nationally and in New Jersey, Saxton beat the low-budget campaign of newcomer Richard Sexton by an even wider margin.

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September 18, 2006 - 1:52pm

Vote for Jeff Johnson, the name you know

By Wally Edge

Congressman Jim Saxton's '06 campaign slogan is "JIM SAXTON GETS AN A." His team became slightly concerned when Saxton's Democratic rival, newcomer Richard Sexton, had unusually high name identification (nearly 40%) in an internal campaign poll. Saxton, who has held the seat with relative ease since 1984, wants to make sure that voters don't get confused by the similarities of his opponents name.

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July 14, 2006 - 12:59pm

Help wanted to beat Saxton

By Wally Edge

Richard Sexton, the Democratic candidate for Congress against eleven-term Republican Congressman James Saxton in the third district, is "looking to hire a campaign manager," according to an employment ad he has placed online. Sexton, who has $57,397 cash-on-hand, says he is willing to pay a monthly salary of $6,000.