The Republicans may finally have found their candidate against veteran US senator Frank Lautenberg (D) of New Jersey. But the bigger news in this race is that long-time US Rep. Rob Andrews from South Jersey is going to challenge Launtenberg in the Democratic primary. Andrews, who is ideologically to the right of Lautenberg, is going to have the support of a lot of the county party bosses in the state, though Gov. Corzine is sticking with Lautenberg. Given that party apparatus support Andrews could mount a strong challenge, though at the moment he's far behind Lautenberg in the polls.
Posted by armand at April 3, 2008 11:00 AM | TrackBack | Posted to PoliticsOopsie - the top Republican recruit, John Crowley has opted not to run. So NJ remains one of the Republicans' many recruitment disasters this year, and it looks like the Lautenberg/Andrews fight will be the big one in the Senate contest.
Posted by: Armand at April 6, 2008 03:17 PM | PERMALINK