Tom Goodwin

Steve Quain, campaign spokesman for state senate candidate Assemblyman Bill Baroni and Assembly candidates Adam Bushman and Tom Goodwin, goes over the ground game in Republican Party HQ in Hamilton.

Republican mayoral candidate John Bencivengo peruses the town's financial assessment statement in Hamilton.

It’s all politics in Hamilton a day before Election Day as Republican mayoral candidate John Bencivengo climbs out of his sport utility vehicle and walks into the office of Council President Dave Kenny.

Kenny and the Republican Council have been fighting with Democratic Mayor Glen Gilmore over the town’s budget and pressuring the mayor through the courts to release details of Hamilton’s financial health before, and not after, the mayoral election.

Moments earlier, the appellate division of the state Superior Court upheld Kenny’s appeal, and denied Gilmore’s motion to issue a stay in the release of the town’s annual financial statement. Now Bencivengo watches as Kenny receives by fax the financial statement from Bowman and Company, the company charged with preparing the information.

District 13 Sen. Joseph Kyrillos huddles with Assemblyman Sam Thompson.Stumping throughout central Jersey on Sunday, Gov. Jon Corzine dismissed the recently formed Common Sense America as a closeted anti-gay group masquerading as a champion of fiscal conservatism.

In defiance of Fair and Clean Elections in the 14th district, the Princeton-based outfit has spent an estimated $450,000-worth of ads against Democratic Assemblywoman Linda Greenstein and by extension, her running mate, labor leader Wayne DeAngelo.

"It’s not going to end up having a major impact," said Corzine, with Greenstein, DeAngelo and state Senate candidate Seema Singh, at his side in Hamilton’s Golden Dawn Diner.

IN CASE YOU MISSED IT: Trenton Times Endorses Tom Goodwin 

Today the Trenton Times endorsed Tom Goodwin for State Assembly in the 14th Legislative District:

Mr. Goodwin has served ably on the Hamilton Township Council. He works hard to learn the issues and does not shy away from digging out the answers. He would be a good ad dition to the Legislature at a time when it needs hard-working, independent thinkers.

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U.S. Senator Frank Lautenberg in Monroe today

U.S. Sen. Frank Lautenberg today stood with the district 14 Democratic Assembly candidates in Monroe Township and lambasted a hard right group for continuing to run ads against Assemblywoman Linda Greenstein.

"I talk to John Kerry all the time, and he wishes he fought back harder," Lautenberg said of the failed 2004 Democratic Presidential nominee, who was Swift-boated by a right wing attack machine.

Today 14th District State Assembly Candidates Tom Goodwin (Hamilton) and Adam Bushman (Jamesburg) called on Linda Greenstein to distance herself from dishonest claims by her running mate, Seema Singh (Monmouth Junction), who is running for State Senate on Greenstein’s ticket and is currently the target of a State Ethics Investigation.

Assembly Candidates Criticize Group for Unwarranted Use of Their Names

Candidates Call on Assemblywoman to Take a Stand

VOTERS STRONGLY SUPPORT STEM CELL RESEARCH QUESTION OPPOSED BY BARONI TEAM

On Stem Cell Research Tom Goodwin Says “So far, the results are not great” 

(HAMILTON TWP.) – A Rutgers-Eagleton poll released Thursday showed that a strong majority of New Jersey residents support the stem cell research ballot question, but yet the Baroni Team continues to oppose funding for the cutting-edge medical research.  When asked in every candidate forum about support for funding stem cell research funding, Assemblyman Bill Baroni, Assembly candidate Tom Goodwin (both R-Hamilton), and Assembly candidate Adam Bushman (R-Jamesburg) repeatedly reaffirm their opposition to the ballot question.

Unlike his opponents, District 14 Assembly candidate Wayne DeAngelo supports state funding for stem cell research, calling it the right kind of investment to help stimulate New Jersey's economy.