Guy Backed By South Jersey’s Political Boss Accuses Testa Of Being A Political Boss

Bob Andrzejczak

Bob Andrzejczak

Temporary state Senator Bob Andrzejczak’s campaign is lying again. First, it was Andrzejczak’s campaign spokesman making the false claim that Michael Testa turned down a debate proposal. The League of Women Voters had to clarify that neither State Sen. Bob Andrzejczak nor Cumberland County GOP chairman Michael Testa had “officially declined” to appear at a debate. The two are scheduled to debate on October 28.

Now, in a TV ad the Andrzejczak campaign calls Testa “one of South Jersey’s biggest political bosses.”

Calling Testa a “political boss” is enough to have Frank Hague and Nucky Johnson laughing from their graves.

In what world is Testa “one of South Jersey’s biggest political bosses?” There is one “political boss” in South Jersey – George Norcross. Don’t take my word for it. The Press of Atlantic City clearly knows there is only one boss in South Jersey recently writing:

“A recent mailer put out by General Majority PAC, which is linked to South Jersey political boss George Norcross…”

The paper called George Norcross “South Jersey political boss.” It didn’t call Testa a political boss.

Need more proof? According to Wikipedia, Category: American political bosses from New Jersey there are only eight political bosses listed from our state and only one in South Jersey is still alive: George Norcross.

I’m not sure why the Andrzejczak campaign insists on lying about Testa. Maybe it’s because he knows he is the one controlled by an actual political boss.

CD2 ACTION: Glackin Not Running, Richter Comes With Dollars

David Richter

David Richter

Well, I thought I was going to be blogging about two Brians in CD2, “New Brian” and “Old Brian” with the “New” being older than the “Old.” It’s not going to happen. I spoke with Brian “New Brian” Glackin this morning and he will not be running in CD2 due to work commitments.

I’ve had a few conversations with Glackin and I like the guy. Frankly, I think he could have been a formidable candidate. He did say he’s going to stay involved and help where he can.

Announced Republican candidate in CD2, David Richter, has opened his wallet. Admittedly, I wasn’t kind to Richter when I first learned he was considering a run, but after meeting him several times he’s growing on me. He’s a likeable guy. On the downside Richter still hasn’t come on the radio show, but I blame his consultant (and Bob for endorsing Brian Fitzherbert) more than I do the candidate. Anyway, according to the great Matt Friedman at Politico:

Democratic U.S. Rep. Jeff Van Drew may be doing all he can not to alienate his relatively pro-Trump district, but the Republican race to replace him is intensifying.

Yesterday, Republican challenger David Richter disclosed a $413,000 fundraising haul, though almost three-quarters of it came from a self-loan.

Richter — a former HIll International CEO who just moved to the district from Princeton on Saturday — is emphasizing that money is important in this race. His main rival in the primary, Brian Fitzherbert has earned a lot of local endorsements, including an appearance at his event by former U.S. Rep. Frank LoBiondo. But as of June 30, Fitzherbert had only raised about $17,000 (his campaign did not respond to a phone call seeking more recent numbers).

$413,000 is a lot of cabbage and having $300,000 of your own to throw in to make that number isn’t a bad thing. Good for Richter. Spend it wisely. One activist tried to make the argument that he only raised $113,000 and that Brian Fitzherbert was in a better position. I pointed out that Richter’s $113,000 is nearly 10 times what Fitzherbert raised in his first quarter and that’s without the local name ID of Fitzherbert, meaning Old Brian better get to work.

The part of the story that really jumped out at me is that Brian Fitzherbert’s campaign “did not respond to a phone call seeking more recent numbers.” It’s unlike Fitzherbert to be quiet. His campaign has been announcing endorsements at a rate of about once a week.

So, at least for now, it appears the GOP primary in CD2 is shaping up to be Fitzherbert’s ability to organize versus Richter’s ability to fund his campaign, and we all know, in politics money can buy love and catapults your campaign to frontrunner status.

All this seems to leave the third announced Republican in this race, Bob Patterson, as the odd man out. Most people who meet Patterson seem to like him. He’s a smart guy, one activist recently told me he’s an academic. Maybe, but Patterson’s thoughts on “semen-exposed” women is likely enough to keep him from doing anything except maybe playing the role of spoiler. Let’s see who he hurts.

Note: While Bob has endorsed Brian Fitzherbert for next year’s CD2 primary, Steve is completely neutral and making no endorsement

It’s Election Season – Time For Committee People To Do Their Jobs

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It’s that time of year…Election Season!

Vote-by-Mail ballots are out and being sent back, candidates are (or should be) knocking on doors, mailers are landing in mailboxes and committee people should be getting folks to vote.

I cannot understand why anyone would put their name on the June ballot to be an elected county committee member and then do nothing. Being a committee person is more than simply showing up at the annual county party convention to vote on which primary election candidate is awarded the line. And, in those counties that have selection committees then some committee persons do even less.

As a committee person you are the party’s representative in your neighborhood. You should be making certain that every registered Republican knows, at the very least, who the Republican municipal candidates are.

Talk to your neighbors. It’s easy! Just last night, after dinner, walking my dog I stopped at my neighbor’s house on the corner. Mostly I stopped to tell him his “No Warehouse” sign was freaking stupid. While explaining how dumb fighting against a warehouse that will provide hundreds of thousands of dollars of local property tax with hardly any use of local services I noticed his unopened Vote-by-Mail ballot sitting on the coffee table. I immediately switched gears and chatted about the local election. He opened the ballot, asked who I was supporting, then filled it out. Boom! Easy votes.

After that, the neighbor, my dog and I walked to his next door neighbor’s house. Boom! More easy votes.

Long story short, in a little over an hour, my neighbor, my dog and I walked around the neighborhood and secured eight mail-in votes for Republicans, even though the majority of the voters were registered Democrats. Fortunately, we had a common enemy – Governor Phil Murphy.

It’s not hard to be a committee person. Republicans win when we do our jobs! Go get us some votes!