Posted in New Jersey, tagged Dick Zimmer, Election 2008, Frank Lautenberg on November 6, 2008 |
Frank Lautenberg
STATE – U.S. Sen. Frank Lautenberg easily won re-election for a record fifth term last week. The Democrat won 55 percent of the vote to Republican Dick Zimmer’s 43 percent.
“Tonight is not simply a victory for me, it’s a victory for America and the people of New Jersey,” Lautenberg told a cheering crowd at the Heldrich Hotel in New Brunswick on Election Night.
Posted in New Jersey, tagged Dick Zimmer, Election 2008, Frank Lautenberg on October 9, 2008 |
STATE—With the general election just weeks away, more than two-thirds of New Jersey’s likely voters (71%) have not heard of, or have no opinion of, former Congressman Dick Zimmer, the Republican nominee for New Jersey’s U.S. Senate seat. According to the latest poll from Fairleigh Dickinson University’s PublicMind, one in four Republicans (23%) say they’ve not heard of Zimmer and another two in five Republicans (39%) say they have no opinion of him.
“Zimmer jumped late into a fractious primary and won, but he has gotten no traction since,” said Peter Woolley, a political scientist and director of the poll.
Incumbent Democratic Sen. Frank Lautenberg leads Zimmer by 50% to 34% in the poll. Another 14% say they’re undecided.
Posted in New Jersey, tagged Amtrak, Frank Lautenberg, Senate, transportation on October 3, 2008 |
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The U.S. Senate voted 74-24 to approve legislation boosting funding to improve and expand intercity passenger rail in New Jersey and across the nation last week.
The bills, authored by Sen. Frank Lautenberg (D-NJ), will increase funding for Amtrak over the next five years, require new safety controls on trains that help reduce crashes and allow states to regulate solid waste processing facilities along rail lines.
“As Amtrak ridership continues to hit record levels, our bill gives passenger rail the resources it needs to meet increased demands,” said Sen. Lautenberg, chairman of the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Subcommittee on Surface Transportation. “Our bill also modernizes safety laws and decreases risk with smarter regulation and new technology. Now that both the House and Senate have passed this package, it is time for the president to sign it into law and give Americans the rail service they deserve.”
Posted in New Jersey, tagged Barack Obama, Bob Menendez, Dick Zimmer, economic crisis, Election 2008, Frank Lautenberg, Joe Biden, John McCain, poll, Sarah Palin, Strategic Vision on October 2, 2008 |
Barack Obama
ATLANTA, Ga. – Strategic Vision, LLC, an Atlanta-headquartered public relations and public affairs agency, announced the results of a three-day poll of 800 likely voters in New Jersey on Oct. 1. The poll showed that the Obama/Biden ticket leads McCain/Palin ticket 48% to 39% with 3% for other candidates; and 10% undecided. The Democrats increased their lead dramatically over the past two weeks with the Republican ticket losing four percent.
The poll has a margin of error of ±3 percentage points. In the poll, 320 respondents identified themselves as Democrats (40%); 224 respondents identified themselves as Republicans (28%); and 256 identified themselves as independents or other party affiliation (32%).
“New Jersey is returning to its traditional Democratic moorings,” said David E. Johnson, CEO of Strategic Vision. “The economy has hurt McCain dramatically and white females have shifted back to the Democrats.”
Posted in New Jersey, tagged Democratic National Convention, Dick Zimmer, Frank Lautenberg on August 29, 2008 |
STATE – New Jersey Republicans found little humor in a comment Sen. Frank Lautenberg apparently intended as a joke while being interviewed at the Democratic National Convention this week.
During an ABC World News segment about parties hosted by lobbyists, Lautenberg told ABC News’ Brian Ross that is it his “duty” to attend the parties.
“Of course, you must visit, make sure that the food they serve is OK, that it passes the taste test and the liquor is the right vintage,” Lautenberg said.
The senator’s re-election campaign said that Lautenberg was “obviously joking in his comments to ABC,” but Republican challenger Dick Zimmer was not convinced.
“His so-called joke was evidently his best explanation of what he was doing there. I’d like to know what he would have said if he were speaking seriously. There are a lot of things said in jest that have more truth than the speaker lets on,” Zimmer said.
“These kinds of statements are precisely why Sen. Lautenberg is being sheltered away from the public view by his handlers,” Republican State Chairman Tom Wilson said in a statement.
Posted in New Jersey, tagged Bob Menendez, energy crisis, Frank Lautenberg, Frank Pallone, gas prices, Jon Corzine, offshore drilling on July 9, 2008 |
STATE – On Monday, top New Jersey Democrats called for a permanent ban on offshore oil and gas drilling from Maine to North Carolina.
Gov. Jon Corzine, U.S. Senators Frank Lautenberg and Bob Menendez, and U.S. Rep. Frank Pallone said that the ban is needed to protect the New Jersey shore, which is critical to the state’s economy.
President George W. Bush and Sen. John McCain, the expected Republican presidential nominee, both favor repealing the federal ban on coastal drilling in response to the public outcry over gasoline prices that have topped $4 per gallon, but Democrats disagree.
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Posted in New Jersey, tagged Dick Zimmer, Frank Lautenberg, Rob Andrews on June 4, 2008 |
STATE – Four-term Sen. Frank Lautenberg easily defeated Rep. Rob Andrews to win the Democratic Party nomination to run for one of the state’s seats in the U.S. Senate. Lautenberg will face former Republican Congressman Dick Zimmer in the November general election.
Lautenberg, 84, is heavily favored in the general election. New Jersey has not elected a Republican to the Senate in 36 years.
Posted in New Jersey, opinion, tagged debates, Frank Lautenberg, Michael Shapiro, Rob Andrews on May 21, 2008 |
By Michael M. Shapiro
Congressman Rob Andrews, who is challenging Senator Frank Lautenberg in the Democratic Primary for the United States Senate in New Jersey, has demanded that Senator Lautenberg debate him seven times before the June Primary. Senator Lautenberg has accepted two debate invitations and declined all others, but has indicated he may agree to additional debates with Congressman Andrews before the Primary. Julie Roginsky, Mr. Lautenberg’s campaign spokesperson, has said that the Senator is maintaining a full Senate schedule, which precludes him from participating in many debates. Are both Congressman Andrews and Senator Lautenberg playing politics?
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