Our short list of Daggett LG candidates
By Wally Edge | June 4th, 2009 - 3:28pmIn addition to Jon Corzine and Christopher Christie, independent gubernatorial candidate Christopher Daggett will need to pick a running mate within the next four weeks. If Daggett qualifies for matching funds - he told NJN's Michael Aron on Tuesday that he expects to do that within the next few weeks - his campaign will have at least $1.1 million to spend on the race. And if the Legislature passes a bill (already through the Assembly) to mandate Lt. Governor debates, Daggett's running mate will be on TV with, for example, Barbara Buono and Diane Allen. Daggett won't want a James Stockdale situation.
To demonstrate that his ticket is truly independent, Daggett, a former Republican who held top environmental posts under President Ronald Reagan and Gov. Thomas Kean, may be considering a Democrat. The Inside Edge, not in consultation with the Daggett campaign, has put together a short list of ten potential Daggett LG candidates:
- Former Assemblyman Matthew Ahearn, a former Fair Lawn Deputy Mayor who unseated a Republican Assemblyman in 2001 and then switched to the Green Party rather than take orders from then-Bergen County Democratic Chairman Joseph Ferriero.
- Passaic County Clerk Karen Brown, who decided not to seek re-election to a second term in 2009 after it became clear she would not receive party support.
- Former Democratic State Chairman Tom Byrne, the son of former Gov. Brendan Byrne, who briefly challenged Jon Corzine for the Democratic U.S. Senate nomination in 2000 and has been waiting for an opportunity to run statewide.
- Edison Mayor Jun Choi, who lost his bid for a second term this week after the Middlesex County Democratic organization dumped him from their line.
- Atlantic County Freeholder Alisa Beth Cooper, whose fierce independence has landed her in hot water with establishment types of her political party - as it did for her late mother, Assemblywoman Delores Cooper.
- Four-term Passaic County Freeholder James Gallagher, who switched from Democrat to Independent last year and is not seeking re-election this year. Gallagher is the son-in-law of former Paterson Mayor and GOP gubernatorial candidate Lawrence "Pat" Kramer.
- Louis Manzo, a former Assemblyman and Hudson County Freeholder who has made numerous bids to win election as Mayor of Jersey City.
- Carl Mayer, a former Princeton Township Committeeman, law professor, and Ralph Nader staffer, who won national attention when he secretly recorded New Jersey politicians on the Chamber of Commerce train trip to Washington.
- Former seven-term Assemblyman Craig Stanley, who lost the 2007 Democratic primary by 127 votes and got shellacked in his comeback bid this week. Stanley is the nephew of former Assemblyman William Payne.
- Jeff Tittell, the Executive Director of the New Jersey Sierra Club and a frequent critic of Corzine.
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Wow this is great
These are some of the best characters in New Jersey! Stanley would be the best pick because he'd bring in African-American voters that are discontented with Corzine.
Weedman!
He'd smoke the competition.
daggett running mate
its a no brainer that daggett should run with a democrat, since the primary results show corzine to have a problem within his own base.
daggett can pick up votes from the 1 out of 4 democrats who went to the polls and refused to vote 4 jon corzine
if daggett runs with a republican, he'll just be a disaffected reprublican running as a 3rd party candidate. if he runs with a democrat he will have a true biPartisan ticket.
why would anyone want to run
why would anyone want to run with a marxist for governor let alone any office?
Very interesting
I'm excited to see an independent candidate qualify for matching funds. Daggett has what it takes to be an excellent governor, and I find him a much better candidate than Corzine or Christie. Reagan conservative, only you would call a centrist like Daggett a Marxist. FYI, Mr. Daggett served in Reagan's administration, so obviously even our 40th president wasn't as far right as you.... Write in Lonegan/Doherty in November for all I care, but quit it with these b.s. comments.
Union County Statist,
Union County Statist, I called Corzine a Marxist, not Dagget. I plan on voting for Christie in the general election, not a third party/independent reject who'll never win anyting.
Reagan archconservative,
This article is about Chris Daggett, not Jon Corzine. Naturally I assumed that you were talking about Daggett, especially since you failed to mention Corzine at any time.
Daggett is hardly an independent reject. He's about to get matching funds and become a true contender for the governorship. With terrible candidates like Corzine or Christie (who isn't especially conservative, by the way), Daggett can win enough support to win in November.
o so daggett will be the
o so daggett will be the next jesse ventura. lolololololololololololololololololololololololol. when will he start surging in the polls?
Daggett is not a joke
First of all, he will actually start showing up in polls after he gets matching funds, puts his campaign in full force, and appears in the debates. And secondly, running as an independent does not automatically make a candidate a joke. True, all the crackpots who run for office run as independents because they can't get any party to support them. But there have been many independent politicians over the years who are serious and legitimate policymakers. There are two independents in the U.S. Senate right now. And perhaps most notably, our first president, George Washington, never joined a political party. Daggett has a political past on both the federal and state levels that is more extensive than Chris Christie's. He certainly isn't a brain-dead wrestler as you seem to be implying.