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Menendez, Kean Easily Win Senate Nominations (New Jersey)
WCBS-TV ^ | 6/6/06 | WCBS

Posted on 06/06/2006 6:43:11 PM PDT by qam1

TRENTON The race for U.S. Senate in New Jersey is set.

Democrat Robert Menendez and Republican Tom Kean Jr. won their parties' nominations in Tuesday's primary.

Albio Sires is ahead in his bid to serve Menendez's remaining term in the House. Sires has a slight lead over Perth Amboy Mayor Joe Vas in the primary to run for the seat in November.

Voter turnout was expected to be light because there were few contested races and no high-profile ones, but Menendez and Kean were expected move on easily.

Low voter turnout was expected to help conservative Republican John Ginty make a decent showing against Kean.


TOPICS: Front Page News; Government; US: New Jersey
KEYWORDS: 2006election; electionussenate; gitny; kean; menendez; newjersey; primary; rinos; senate; senateprimary
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1 posted on 06/06/2006 6:43:15 PM PDT by qam1
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To: qam1
36% of precents reporting

Kean-----33541---75%
GINTY----11423---25%
2 posted on 06/06/2006 6:47:04 PM PDT by qam1 (There's been a huge party. All plates and the bottles are empty, all that's left is the bill to pay)
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To: qam1
Kean won because Ginty came across as being "not ready for prime time" to primary voters. Better luck next time John.

Would like to see if the A.N.S.W.E.R-endorsed Joe Vas pulled an upset over Republican-turned-Democrat Albio Sires in the Dem primary for my district (which is, in effect, the general election).

3 posted on 06/06/2006 6:52:34 PM PDT by Clemenza (The CFR ate my bilderburgers! Time to call for a trilateral commission to investigate!)
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To: Clemenza

Ginty was too good for this state.


4 posted on 06/06/2006 6:54:25 PM PDT by Theoden (Why do you seek the cup of Christ, is it for his glory, or for yours?-Indiana Jones The Last Crusade)
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To: Theoden
Hold your head up, Ginty. You're a good man who did the conservative movement proud.

Expect the bootlickers to show up soon to beg conservatives to support Kean.

5 posted on 06/06/2006 6:56:48 PM PDT by Extremely Extreme Extremist (Conservatism is moderate, it is the center, it is the middle of the road)
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To: Theoden
On second thought, the race is far from over.

This has shades of the MSM calling FL early for Gore.

Keep voting, NJ conservatives!

6 posted on 06/06/2006 6:57:56 PM PDT by Extremely Extreme Extremist (Conservatism is moderate, it is the center, it is the middle of the road)
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To: Theoden

I hope we haven't seen the last of John Ginty, just as I hope Bret Schundler will run for state office again.


7 posted on 06/06/2006 6:59:41 PM PDT by Fudd Fan (My dog ate my tagline.)
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To: Clemenza
Would like to see if the A.N.S.W.E.R-endorsed Joe Vas pulled an upset over Republican-turned-Democrat Albio Sires in the Dem primary for my district (which is, in effect, the general election).

Sires may have once been a Republican, but he's a left-wing Democrat. The difference is between the liberal wing and the machine-wing. Albio clearly represents the machine-wing, which apparently pulled through. With Albio, Boss Norcross now has a second boy in Washington, in addition to Andrews.

8 posted on 06/06/2006 7:00:32 PM PDT by Alter Kaker ("Whatever tears one sheds, in the end one always blows one's nose." - Heine)
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To: Extremely Extreme Extremist
43% Reporting

Little Puke---46567--75%
John Gitny----15273--25%

Beg all they want, I for one will NEVER vote for Kean

9 posted on 06/06/2006 7:01:35 PM PDT by qam1 (There's been a huge party. All plates and the bottles are empty, all that's left is the bill to pay)
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To: Extremely Extreme Extremist

If NJ "conservatives" can't bring themselves to support whoever the Republican nominee would have been against Menendez, then we will deserve what we get when Menendez wins. I'm sure that will make 'em happy.


10 posted on 06/06/2006 7:01:41 PM PDT by Fudd Fan (My dog ate my tagline.)
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To: Extremely Extreme Extremist; Antoninus; Claud

"Expect the bootlickers to show up soon to beg conservatives to support Kean."

25% is a sizeable showing considering that Kean was supposed to have only token opposition. Way to go, Ginty. And thanks to Antoninus for rallying the troops here in NJ.


11 posted on 06/06/2006 7:04:51 PM PDT by jrny
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To: Fudd Fan
That 25% IS all of the conservatives in this state. Ginty and Schundler should move to a red state, and get into the senate that way. This state is pretty much lost. I am still going to write-in John Ginty this Fall.
12 posted on 06/06/2006 7:06:06 PM PDT by Theoden (Why do you seek the cup of Christ, is it for his glory, or for yours?-Indiana Jones The Last Crusade)
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To: Alter Kaker; AuH2ORepublican
The odd thing is that Sires barely even campaigned, while Vas was all over Bayonne and Jersey City, as well as the heavily Portuguese areas of Newark/Harrison/Kearny that are in the district (Vas was born in Portugal).

The election was supposed to turn on Bayonne and JC. I have a feeling that even if Vas pulled ahead in Bayonne, the DeGise Democrats (direct descendants of 1930s JC Mayor Al "I am the law in Jersey City" Hague) probably padded the vote in the ghetto areas of Jersey City, where turnout is usually VERY low, almost nonexistent, during primaries.

In other words, all of the votes that Vas the Porkchop Pinko could gather in Middlesex, Essex and South Hudson Counties could not make up for the padded totals from JC, Elizabeth (part of which is in the district) and the Berganline Corridor (Union City/Guttenberg/West New York/North Bergen).

13 posted on 06/06/2006 7:07:04 PM PDT by Clemenza (The CFR ate my bilderburgers! Time to call for a trilateral commission to investigate!)
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To: jrny

25% is exceptional for Ginty, who I daresay not too many people had heard of just a couple of weeks ago. Exceptional.

That said, I will vote for anyone but Menendez, and that includes going third-party which will ensure just that.


14 posted on 06/06/2006 7:07:34 PM PDT by Fudd Fan (My dog ate my tagline.)
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To: Fudd Fan
If NJ "conservatives" can't bring themselves to support whoever the Republican nominee would have been against Menendez, then we will deserve what we get when Menendez wins. I'm sure that will make 'em happy.

Kean is just as liberal as Menendez.

Unless NJ conservatives enjoy BDSM, why would they support Kean only to get screwed again?

15 posted on 06/06/2006 7:09:11 PM PDT by Extremely Extreme Extremist (Conservatism is moderate, it is the center, it is the middle of the road)
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To: Clemenza
Kean won because Ginty came across as being "not ready for prime time" to primary voters. Better luck next time John.

1) He entered the race Way to late to gain sufficient name recognition

2) He way overly focused on the Social Stuff, All anyone knew about him was he was against Abortion & Stem Cell research. Which made him sound like a one platform candidate. He should have mixed it up more with the fiscal and law&order(i.e. immigration) conservative parts.

16 posted on 06/06/2006 7:09:49 PM PDT by qam1 (There's been a huge party. All plates and the bottles are empty, all that's left is the bill to pay)
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To: Fudd Fan
I misinterpreted your post, my bad.

I see what you mean now.

17 posted on 06/06/2006 7:12:06 PM PDT by Extremely Extreme Extremist (Conservatism is moderate, it is the center, it is the middle of the road)
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To: Extremely Extreme Extremist

Because he has an "R" by his name and that seems to matter to some folks because they caucus with Republicans. This way they can "feel" good, believing Republicans are in the majority and their mortal enemies (Democrats) are not.

Though it matters little since the RINO's use their time in the Senate to help Dems obstruct judges (filibuster is still in play), try to split up Hawaii, dissolve our borders, votes to restrict speech, vote against tax cuts..

Basically a vote for a RINO is a vote for a RINO's agenda, which seems to be even more destructive then a Democrat's agenda because they are Liberals but allowed to get away with more because they have an "R".


18 posted on 06/06/2006 7:15:27 PM PDT by Soul Seeker (Deport the United States Senate)
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To: qam1

Any news from California on the congressional seat?


19 posted on 06/06/2006 7:17:18 PM PDT by rep-always
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To: Extremely Extreme Extremist

Kean could at least contribute to the Republican senate majority. What positives does Menendez provide?

Look what we've had to endure in this state as Republicans. It's not going to turn around quickly. I was devastated when Schundler lost to McGreevey, but I didn't adopt the "take my marbles and go home" attitude. That is not productive.


20 posted on 06/06/2006 7:18:58 PM PDT by Fudd Fan (My dog ate my tagline.)
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