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By Wally EdgeRob Andrews appears to be entering the race for the Democratic U.S. Senate nomination, even though a DSCC poll shows him 35-points behind incumbent Frank Lautenberg. The ten-term Congressman from South Jersey had a rough day yesterday after expected endorsements from Bergen County Democratic Chairman Joseph Ferriero and State Sens. Raymond Lesniak and Brian Stack failed to materialize (Ferriero, under considerable pressure, is now backing Lautenberg), but he’s staged a comeback with support from Newark powerhouse Steve Adubato, Jr., labor leaders Ray Pocino and Frank Spencer, three State Senators from Middlesex County, and State Sen. Paul Sarlo, a close Ferriero ally who will back Andrews after an official announcement of candidacy. . Look for Stack and Lesniak to move to Andrews now that they have some cover, as well as Essex County Executive Joseph DiVincenzo, Edison Mayor Jun Choi and more local officials from Middlesex.
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all about Essex....
Its starting to get interesting. Middlesex and Union are strong lines to have, though it doesn't off-set not having Bergen and Hudson (Stack's support notwithstanding).
Essex is key here....can Adubato & Joe D deliver the line? Or does the Booker/Payne/Rice strange-bedfellows contingent have the County Committee members' support?
I think in Hudson it could play county-wide like 2007
I could see Stack delivering most of his district for Andrews, and the 32nd sticking with Lautenberg. It'll all come down to Bayonne. I think Frank wins Hudson by 55-41-4 (4 being Cresitello).
Can we compare this to the Corzine-Florio race with Lautenberg as Corzine and Andrews as Florio?
The Party Line Won't Determine The Vote
In Essex.
With a little help from Cory Booker; Lautenberg will kick ass in Essex.
Lautenberg is not some unknown challenger; he's a very well known, well liked incumbent.
I just hope Senator Lautenberg keeps his cool and doesn't let the vultures bother him too much.
The era of bosses and machine politics is coming to a close; this idiotic attempt at a coup will, evidently, hasten that process in Newark.
From Frederick Douglass
Bosses are here to stay
Please.....the Boss system isn't going anywhere so long as the county nominating process remains the same.