NJ: LoBiondo, Runyan get serious challengers

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Bill Hughes Jr., the son of former Rep. Bill Hughes, has announced that he will run against Frank LoBiondo in 2014. State Sen. Jeff Van Drew was also considering a run against LoBiondo, though he would have to resign in order to run.

I don't think LoBiondo will loose, but he hasn't had a serious race in a long while and his fundraising hasn't been high so retirement is clearly a possibility.


Jon Runyan also has a likely opponent in Burlington County Freeholder Aimee Belgard, who is reportedly in talks with the DCCC. Freeholder is New Jersey's equivalent of County Commissioner, and Burlington County is 60% of the population of NJ-03.


Both Runyan and LoBiondo are in districts Obama won in 2012.

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Congressional Republicans launched a direct attack on New Jersey when they withheld Hurricane Sandy aid because they were upset over how nice Christie was to Obama. It shouldn't be any wonder that voters are upset with the House GOP. They deserve what they're going to get.

Nobody is gonna run on Sandy Aid in 2014. Its not about Sandy Aid its about the Government Shutdown or was since the web site(healthcare.gov) is a debacle.

Do you honestly think the healthcare.gov site not working is going to matter in November 2014?

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Fresh off his narrow re-election, State Sen. Bob Gordon is heavily considering running against Scott Garrett in NJ-05.