SPECIAL PRIMARY ELECTION EDITION: PART TWO
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WEEKEND AT BERNIESThe age issue was a non-starter; voters -- at least Democrats -- didn't care that Frank Lautenberg would be nearly 91 after another term. |
MANIFESTOSIf you want to pursue a career in politics, don't write one. |
LINESOrganization lines and party endorsements matter. |
EDITORIALSDo they really influence voters? Apparently not. |
Millicent FenwickThe late Congresswoman is back in style, sort of like the GAP ads that used Audrey Hepburn footage |
debatesDo they really influence voters? Apparently not. |
New York CityMessage to Cliffside Park: Darling, I love you, but give me Park Avenue. |
Frank GannettDoes the endorsement of a newspaper publisher dead since 1959 matter? |
COMMITTEE ON VACANCIESFiling dates don't matter. |
AFL-CIOFrank Lautenberg isn't happy they backed off their endorsement, and unless Rick Merkt is right, he could be the Senator until 2014. |
IraqDemocratic primary voters care about when a candidate started to oppose the war. |
Republican U.S. Senate candidates had no money for network TV in the primary. |
Charles SandmanThe late Congressman's record remains intact: the only man to ever oust an incumbent statewide officeholder in a New Jersey primary (see editors note). |
Ron PaulThe former presidential candidate's choice for U.S. Senate wins just 15% of the vote. |
HAVING YOUR CAKE AND EATING IT TOORay Lesniak endorsed Rob Andrews, but allowed the Charlotte DeFilippo to keep Lautenberg on the Union County line. |
THE CALLAWAY ORGANIZATIONEven with absentee ballots, the shamed Atlantic City political family couldn't keep Mayor Scott Evans in office. |
Justin MurphyThe former Deputy Mayor of Tabernacle ran almost as well as Jack Kelly in the GOP congressional primary. |
John CrowleyThe would-be U.S. Senate candidate may have missed a great opportunity. |
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Sandman Record is Wrong
I thought Jeff Bell ousted incumbent US Senator Clifford Case in the 1978 Republican primary? If so, there is no Sandman record.
Yes It was Jeff Bell
And what did that get him?
Mea culpa
I got it wrong. Of course Jeff Bell is the only person in New Jersey history to oust an incumbent U.S. Senator in a primary election. Charlie Sandman is the only one to beat an incumbent in a primary.
Bell ran for the Senate again in 1982, four years after he ousted Clifford Case, and lost the GOP primary to Millicent Fenwick. Frank Lautenberg won the Democratic nomination that year. He now lives in Virginia, and runs a Washington,D.C. consulting firm.
Sandman ousted Gov. Bill Cahill in 1973 and lost the general election to Brendan Byrne by over 700,000 votes. In 1974, he lost re-election to his House seat to Democrat Bill Hughes.
Wow Wally
You must be taking the Andrews loss pretty hard. What with yur weekend at bernies, Lines, editorials, debates, NYC, and Milicent comments. One could argue that Lautenberg got plenty of excellent endorsements (by papers and otherwise), did well in the debates etc...This sounds like Wally is trying to blast some insiders on the Andrews race that he disagreed with. Wally is saying "I told you debates, editorials dont matter...and that Lines do."
careful who might be a
careful who might be a loser. Andels. hidden object games