June 4, 2008 - 1:21pm
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Sabrin almost triples Ron Paul's N.J. percentage

Ramapo College Professor Murray Sabrin, the leader of Ron Paul’s New Jersey presidential campaign, won 14% of the vote in his bid for the GOP U.S. Senate nomination yesterday – which was nearly three times the percentage Paul received in the February 5 New Jersey primary. Sabrin is now expected to seek the Republican nomination for Governor in 2009 (his fourth bid for statewide office), and will seek to harness the grass roots support of the Ron Paul wing of the New Jersey GOP.   That’s bad news for Steve Lonegan, the former Mayor of Bogota and the de facto leader of the state’s conservatives.  Lonegan endorsed Joseph Pennacchio on Monday, and will have a tough – though not impossible -- time convincing the Paul supporters to switch to him in a race where he can’t really afford to lose conservative/libertarian votes.

Wally Edge can be reached via email at politicsnj@aol.com.