U.S. Senate

LAUTENBERG VOTES TO TAKE AWAY TOOLS TO TRACK DOWN TERRORISTS

Democratic U.S. Sen. Frank Lautenberg leads Republican challenger Dick Zimmer by thirteen percentage points, 49%-36%, according to a Rasmussen Reports poll released today. A July 17, 2006 Quinnipiac poll had Republican Tom Kean, Jr. and incumbent Bob Menendez in a statistical dead heat: Kean 40%, Menendez 38%. A June 19, 2002 Quinnipiac poll had incumbent Bob Torricelli leading his GOP challenger, Douglas Forrester, 44%-36% And a July 27, 2000 Quinnipiac poll had Democrat Jon Corzine running twenty points ahead of Republican Bob Franks, 50%-30%. By Election Day, only the Corzine/Franks race was close.

LAUTENBERG FAILS TO FIGHT FOR NEW JERSEY TAXPAYERS

- New Jersey Taxpayers’ Dollars Spent Everywhere but New Jersey -

Incumbent Democratic U.S. Sen. Frank Lautenberg leads Republican challenger Dick Zimmer 49%-36%, according to a Rasmussen Reports poll released today.

The poll also shows Gov. Jon Corzine approval rating at only 27%, while 40% disapprove. That’s a slight drop from last month.

The poll comes after two other recent polls from other organizations showed Lautenberg leading Zimmer by large margins, although a Rasmussen poll from early last month – just after both won their respective primaries-- showed the two in a statistical dead heat.

CRANFORD -- In what might be the most common press conference setting of the campaign season, Republican Senate candidate Dick Zimmer and the 7th District Congressional candidate, State Sen. Leonard Lance, stood together at a gas station in Cranford today, where they decried a "do nothing" Democratic congress's record on energy, along with those of their opponents.

Several other candidates - including both Lance's and Zimmer's opponents - have held similar press conferences. In May, Lance's opponent, Assemblywoman Linda Stender, stood with House Majority Whip Jim Clyburn (D-S.C.) at a Scotch Plains gas station to talk about energy independence. Days later, third district Democratic congressional candidate John Adler stood with House Democratic Caucus Chairman Rahm Emanuel (D-Ill.) at a Mount Laurel Sunoco. Last month, Frank Lautenberg and Bob Menendez attacked President Bush on energy prices in front of gas pumps in Paterson, and just last week Zimmer himself held a press conference in Fair Haven.

The station in Cranford, where a gallon of regular gas cost $3.99, was reflective of New Jersey, which just today saw its average price per gallon reach beyond $4.00.

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ZIMMER URGES LAUTENBERG TO FOLLOW HIS LEAD AND FULLY DISCLOSE ALL REAL ESTATE DETAILS

-- Zimmer Files Full Real Estate Disclosure; Calls on Lautenberg to Do the Same --

ZIMMER SAYS: "NO RECESS FOR SEN. LAUTENBERG WHILE GAS PRICES ARE AT RECORD HIGHS"

- U.S. Senate Candidate Calls On Motorists to Help Send a Message to New Jersey's Senior Senator -

LAUTENBERG VOTES TO TAKE AWAY TOOLS TO TRACK DOWN TERRORISTS

-- NJ’s Senior Senator Continues His Troubling Pattern of Opposing Monitoring Terrorist Communications --

Flemington, NJ – New Jersey’s senior Senator Frank Lautenberg yesterday once again thumbed his nose at national and homeland security when he voted to kill bipartisan legislation overhauling electronic surveillance rules aimed at tracking foreign terrorists.

ZIMMER CALLS ON LAUTENBERG TO SUPPORT TERRORIST TRACKING AGREEMENT

-- NJ’s Senior Senator has Long History of Opposing Monitoring Terrorist Communications --

ZIMMER CALLS FOR GREATER MORTGAGE DISCLOSURE FOR MEMBERS OF U.S. SENATE

-- Campaign Challenges NJ’s Senior Senator To Come Clean With Voters Amid Mortgage VIP Scandal --