Tom Kean, Jr. (R-NJ) May Be Challenged In GOP Senate Primary in 2006

PoliticsNJ.com ^ | August 23, 2005 | Steve Kornacki

[RepublicanNJ]

FROM HIS WEB SITE: www.Billspadea.com

Bill Spadea shares your common sense, American values and concerns about the future...Bill and his family have lived all over the Garden State since moving back home from Washington, DC in 1996. Cape May, Gloucester, Camden, and Warren counties have all been called home until the Spadea's decided to settle in Mercer County.

...After graduating in 1991, Bill turned down several job offers to enlist in the U.S. Marine Corps. Honorably discharged in 1999 as a Corporal, Bill was now able to focus on his career in real estate and passion for political activism and leadership.

...Bill and his wife, Jodi, have been happily married since 1994. They are raising their children in the same dangerous world as you are...And like you, he wants to see common sense, patriotism win the day in the halls of Congress and in our hometown.

Bill Spadea is the best voice of a common sense, patriotic, conservative to represent your interests in Washington.

FROM A PREVIOUS ARTICLE WRITTEN BY BILL POSTED ON The Conservative Voice:

"How dare divisive leaders like Jesse Jackson lecture us on racism when thousands of the poorest African American residents were left behind by their own municipal government.

Contrary to the statements of the Mayor and the Governor of Louisiana, the President and other leaders are doing everything possible to clean up a mess caused by nature and exacerbated by bad decisions."

He's Patriotic...Courageous...Articulate...Former U.S. Marine...won 40% first time out in a 17% GOP district...

[AuH2ORepublican]

"won 40% first time out in a 17% GOP district..."

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What's a 17% GOP district? The 12th CD? Bush got 46% in 2004, so that's hardly a 17% GOP district.

But 40% is not bad for an underfunded challenger.

[bioprof]

"Why not Steve Forbes for the Senate? "

I have been waiting for Forbes to run for either Senate or Gov. for years. For some reason, he's only interested in running for President. ( If he can't have the BIG job, he doesn't want any???????,,,,not an attractive quality).

[RepublicanNJ]

17% registered GOP - nearly 30% Dem

[AuH2ORepublican]

Voter registration numbers aren't as useful as election numbers, especially in states with a high percentage of independents such as NJ. Sure, we can say that Spadea outperformed the GOP registration by 23%, but a Democrat could say that Holt outperformed Dem registration by 30%.

[RepublicanNJ]

We need real conservative leadership in NJ for a change. Has anyone else heard Bill Spadea speak? He is exciting, energetic and extremely articulate. He won 40% of the vote by walking 200 miles across the district and explaining core conservative principals better than anyone I have ever heard. He has the kind of energy and enthusiam and understanding that Tom Kean, Jr. could never muster. He's the kind of leader who hasn't been handed the job by the elites, that's the kind of guy we need in NJ. A real conservative also, and everyone knows a real conservative will win a primary battle in NJ.

[AuH2ORepublican]

"We need real conservative leadership in NJ for a change."

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I agree, and you may be right that Spadea is the guy to bring about that change. But he'll have to do about 10% better than in 2000 to win either in the 12th CD or statewide.

[OldFriend]

I wouldn't vote for Tom Kean's son if he was the last man on earth.