TRENTON, New Jersey (CNN) — Gov. Jim McGreevey announced Tuesday that former Sen. Frank Lautenberg would replace scandal-tainted incumbent Robert Torricelli as candidate for the U.S. Senate seat in the November elections, after Torricelli’s sudden withdrawal from the race.
Torricelli aka “Torch”. The gambit worked and Lautenberg won.
Ah...I remember some of this, but I was probably on an extended "real life" hiatus from my news junkie existence at the time.
Thanks for bringing me up to speed.