Anne Estabrook's U.S. Senate Exploratory Committee includes someone from the heart of Joe Pennacchio's political base: Carol Murphy, who lives in Pennacchio's hometown. It was Murphy's resignation from the State Assembly in 2001 (to become a Board of Public Utilities Commissioner) that opened the door for Pennacchio, then a Morris County Freeholder, to run for the Assembly.

U.S. Senate candidate Anne Estabrook now has the backing of six GOP County ChairmenTwo more Republican County Chairmen have joined Anne Evans Estabrook's U.S. Senate Exploratory Committee, along with three state legislators and a former GOP State Chairman. Hunterdon County GOP Chairman Henry Kuhl and Salem County GOP Chairman Paul Reed join GOP county leaders from Monmouth, Union, Camden and Gloucester counties as likely Estabrook for Senate supporters.

Assemblymen Peter Biondi and Sean Kean, Assemblywoman Jennifer Beck, and former GOP State Chairman Virginia Littell are also backing Estabrook. They join State Senators Joe Kyrillos and Diane Allen, and Assemblywoman Amy Handlin.

You can almost hear the groans from legislators at the idea of taking a day off from their summer vacations to return to Trenton. But that’s exactly what Assemblyman Sean Kean wants to do.

Beck and Kean hold Town-Hall Meeting to Discuss Corzine's Plan to Sell the Turnpike and Parkway for Quick Cash

Assemblywoman Jennifer Beck and Assemblyman Sean T. Kean yesterday held a second important town hall meeting in Freehold Township to discuss Governor Jon Corzine’s proposed fire-sale of state assets like the New Jersey Turnpike and the Garden State Parkway.

Beck and Kean Blast Corzine for Refusing to Stipulate a Limit on Future Toll Increases

Assemblyman Sean T. Kean and Assemblywoman Jennifer Beck today assailed Governor Jon S. Corzine for forging ahead with a plan to sell-off New Jersey’s most important transportation assets for a short-term infusion of cash to the state coffers, a move which will cripple the financial well-being of the state for decades to come.

Assemblyman Sean Kean today used the unraveled Fort Dix attack plan to rail against the state’s current methods of homeland security fund distribution, saying state Democrats were putting partisan politics ahead of safety. He used the thwarted plan as an argument for the need-based system of distributing state homeland security dollars he has been pushing for in the Assembly.

“Hopefully this will serve as a reminder that we need to remain ever vigilant against these threats and that one way to do so is to ensure we are wisely utilizing our state homeland security dollars,� said Kean, a Monmouth County Republican.

KEAN AND BECK SAY SCHOOL FUNDING FIGURES INADEQUATE TO PROVIDE RELIEF FOR MOST DISTRICTS

WIDE DISPARITY IN AID NUMBERS DEMONSTRATES NEED FOR AN OVERHAUL OF SCHOOL FUNDING FORMULA

KEAN-HANDLIN PRAISE BUDGET TRANSPARENCY, BUT URGE COMMITTEE TO TAKE UP ADDITIONAL REFORMS

ASK STATE GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE TO CONSIDER ADDITIONAL ETHICS REFORM MEASURES STALLED SINCE LAST YEAR

Belmar Councilman Matthew Doherty has decided not to seek a State Assembly seat in 2007. Doherty, the husband of Corzine Deputy Chief of Staff Maggie Moran, ran a strong race in 2005 against GOP incumbents Sean Kean and Steve Corodemus. He had been expected to run again.