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Exclusive Poll: Forrester Leads Torricelli in Jersey Senate Race (KYW) Aug. 13, 2002 10:05 pm The latest exclusive Eyewitness News Survey USA poll of the New Jersey Senate race finds Republican challenger Doug Forrester leading incumbent Bob Torricelli. The poll of 695 likely voters found that 48 percent would vote for Forrester, while 35 percent would choose Torricelli. Seventeen percent would vote for someone else or were undecided. The margin of error in this poll is 3.8 percent. Just three weeks ago, the race was tied at 43 percent each. The latest poll found that Torricelli has lost ground among...

<p>TRENTON, N.J. (AP) --  Hurt by ethics issues, incumbent Democrat Robert Torricelli has lost ground to Republican challenger Douglas Forrester in New Jersey's Senate race, and the two candidates are now running even, according to a new poll.</p> <p>Forrester and Torricelli both had 37 percent support of those polled, with 19 percent undecided, in the survey of registered voters conducted by Quinnipiac University and released Thursday.</p>

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: August 8, 2002 Contact: Tom Rubino (609) 890-4699 Quinnipiac University: Torricelli Campaign on Life Support (HAMILTON, AUGUST 8) - Forrester for Senate campaign manager Bill Pascoe - responding to a new Quinnipiac University poll showing the race for the U.S. Senate between Robert Torricelli and Doug Forrester to be a dead heat, with both candidates tied at 37 percent - today issued the following statement: "Today's Quinnipiac University poll says it better than we ever could: Robert Torricelli's campaign is on life support - and his base voters have just signed a Do Not Resuscitate waiver for...

As the Torch Burns August 7, 2002 No.4 What do New Jersey voters think? · “You have just told two versions of the same story. Were you lying then? Or are you lying now? “On April 18, 2001, a very agitated and contentious Torricelli adamantly and vigorously denied that he ever took gifts from David Chang… Pounding on the lectern… he seemed like a little boy hurt by such charges. “Fast forward to the present and the conciliatory remarks after his admonishment in the Senate, where he acknowledged the receipt of gifts… “He should do the honorable thing and resign.”...

WASHINGTON -- The Senate ethics panel investigating Sen. Robert Torricelli is nearing the end of its work, and will not interview the New Jersey Democrat's chief accuser, its chairman said. The ethics committee -- three Republican and three Democratic senators -- met with Torricelli and his lawyer for nearly three hours before adjourning for the night. "We're too tired -- I'll be honest with you -- to make any decisions tonight," the committee chairman, Democratic Sen. Daniel Inouye of Hawaii, said Thursday as the meeting broke up. Earlier in the week, Torricelli spent more than four hours testifying before ethics...

Did Torricelli Accept Gifts From David Chang? Senate, Justice Department Continue Probe Of N.J. SenatorAt a store in Englewood, N.J., there are records that show that a big screen television was purchased for $1,695. Those records, which are now in the hands of the Justice Department and the Senate Ethics Committee, show that Asian fund-raiser David Chang paid for the television on Nov. 4, 1998 - and that expensive TV was delivered to the then-home of Sen. Robert Torricelli, the records show. However, Torricelli insists he never took any gifts from Chang. In a statement, Torricelli said: "We have said...

   Torricelli Strategy: Keep Public Focused On Forrester Business July 22, 2002  rollcall.com With less than four months until Election Day, Republicans see Sen. Robert Torricelli (D-N.J.) as a potential upset in the making. Are they being realistic? Under normal circumstances, Torricelli's incumbency, proven political skills, $6 million campaign account and Democratic label should be enough to guarantee his re-election in the Garden State, where statewide Republican candidates have flopped recently. But times aren't normal for the Senator. His reputation with voters is tarnished, his relationship with some state Democratic pols is chilly, and his Republican opponent is formidable....