PolitickerNJ.com is returning to our traditional weekly Winners & Losers format that our readers enjoyed between 2000 and 2007. Wally Edge will again develop the list, which will appear every Friday morning.
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Ronald RiceThe State Senator from Newark wins a major political victory when Essex County Democrats decided to back his candidate for an open Freeholder seat, Rice Chief of Staff Rufas Johnson, over the choice of Newark Mayor Cory Booker. |
Andy UnanueAbout to drop his race for U.S. Senate, the Goya Foods heir could be running among the worst statewide campains in state history. |
Dick ZimmerThe former three-term Congressman, who lost a statewide race to Bob Torricelli twelve years ago, gets a chance at a political comeback as Andy Unanue’s replacement candidate in the Republican U.S. Senate primary. |
Jennifer BeckThe freshman Republican State Senator from Monmouth County gets taken out to the woodshed by Senate President Ricard Codey, and McCain campaign passes her over for a Delegate slot that went to John Bennett. |
Jeff PilletsThe Record reporter was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in Local Reporting for his stories on the EnCap development at the Meadowlands. |
Bill SpadeaThe former congressional candidate was the public face of John Crowley's two campaigns for the Republican U.S. Senate nomination that teased and tantalized national and state GOP leaders. |
Matt LyonsThe former Washington Township Councilman gets the Democratic organization nod for Mayor after Paul Moriarty, also an Assemblyman, decides not to seek re-election. |
Jim LefkowitzThe Bound Brook Councilman may not get to run for re-election because his Municipal Chairman forgot to file his nominating petitions on Monday. |
Bob MenendezThe junior U.S. Senator from New Jersey raises $1.5 million for his 2012 re-election campaign at a gala fundraiser last Friday. |
Pat ValvaThe cry baby Denville Councilwoman resigns after getting slapped for alleging that Mayor Ted Hussa parked in a handicapped spot. |
John SheehyThe Berkeley Municipal Court Judge forces two feuding local politicians who have been filing charges against eac other into mediation. |
Jon CorzineThe Hold Me Accountable Governor took heat for comments on CNBC that were -- fairly -- interpreted to question his commitment to Hillary Clinton's presidnential campaign. |
Dunstan McNicholThe Star-Ledger reporter delivers a truly outstanding report on the influence of politics in the appointment of Workers Compensation Court Judges. |
Robert McCannThe former Chesilhurst Councilman faces animal cruelty charges and is seeking a public defender. |
Camille AndrewsThe law school dean is the candidate of South Jersey Democrats, at least for now, in the race to succeed her husband for the 1st district congressional seat. |
Rob AndrewsAfter a respectable start, the Democratic U.S. Senate candidate didn't win any North Jersey organization lines and has added no substantial endorsements this week. |
Javier InclanGov. Jon Corzine doesn't seem to be enforcing his zero-tolerance, hold me acocuntable policy when it comes to his Deputy Chief of Staff |
Javier InclanGov. Jon Corzine's Deputy Chief of Staff is taking heat for being the bagman in an allegedly unreported cash campaign contribution to indicted Guttenberg Mayor David Della Donna. |
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"A bare-faced liar. Rob Andrews lied. Plain and simple." -- A Philadelphia Inquirer editorial on Andrews' decision to seek re-election to the U.S. House of Representatives.
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in the middle?
There should be a third column. For instance Zimmer isn't a 'real' winner and Spadea isn't a 'real' loser. Some things happened to them last week that were noteworthy but they belong in a yet to be determined category between winner & loser.