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Upset in Bergen County - Bad News for Junior

by: Juan Melli

Tue Jun 06, 2006 at 11:44:32 PM EDT



Holy shit. This is a big upset that few were expecting:

Bergen County Executive (Republican)
Todd Caliguire  51%
Kathleen Donovan  49%

This is bad news for the Kean Jr campaign. Caliguire and his slate (which also won) is allied with the incompetent Bergen County Republican chair Guy Talarico. Donovan was allied with Alan Marcus, who is challenging Talarico for county chair. Bergen - the most populous county - is also considered a "swing" county. Junior's campaign was probably hoping that Talarico would get the boot soon, but this victory strengthens his hand and could help keep him in power. The Kean Jr campaign can't be happy tonight.

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Getting the party line is important (0.00 / 0)
... and it may be bad news for Junior, but it's good news for Blue Jersey. :-)

I wouldn't call it an upset. (0.00 / 0)
Donovan was always going to have an uphill battle, and the final few weeks indicated that she was in trouble.  She wasted money on inefficient television ads, while the BCRO used their money to fire up their base through direct mail.  She was off the line, which was pretty much the defining reason for her loss.  As part of a unity ticket (say, a bunch of conservatives downticket with her as the BCRO candidate) she would have been dangerous; the fractitious nature of her candidacy doomed it from the start.

Of course, Kean's in trouble, because it's likely that there will be many moderate Republicans who stay home in November, and he already annoyed Bergen conservatives with his vacillation about taking the BCRO line.


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