The news that
Rep. Rodney P. Frelinghuysen (R-NJ) NJ-11 is retiring and will not run for reelection in 2018 sent shock waves throughout New Jersey and national politics today.
NJ-11 is R+3, a lean Republican seat anchored and held in historically Republican Morris County, but some areas of Essex, Passaic, and Sussex counties.
Which Republican post-Frelinghuysen can win the seat? State Assemblyman Tony Bucco (R-Boonton)Bucco would be a favorite of right-wing author and journalist Jerome Corsi of Denville, N.J.
https://www.insidernj.com/sources-young-bucco-making-calls-regarding-frelinghuysen-seat/State Senator Joseph Pennachio (R-Montville)Pennachio would be a right-wing favorite as well, maybe even a bigger suburban right wing favorite than Webber. He wrote a nationalist manifesto in the 1990s, that may brand him as a fascist.
State Assemblyman Jay Webber (R-Morris Plains)A favorite of the suburban right wing in N.J., Webber could be the odds-on favorite to keep the seat Red. A youthful rising star in the NJ GOP and conservative politics.
http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/members/BIO.asp?Leg=283Other candidates: Paul Miller, state Sen. Kristin Corrado (R-Passaic).
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