Carroll Stands By His Friend Lonegan

Michael Patrick Carroll

By Matt Rooney | The Save Jersey Blog

Michael Patrick Carroll
Michael Patrick Carroll

Asm. Michael Patrick Carroll (R-Morris) is backing Steve Lonegan in his hotly contested CD3 GOP primary with businessman Tom MacArthur.

Lonegan announced the pending endorsement during a Friday tapped TV debated on NJTV hosted by Michael Aron, but when I reached to confirm the endorsement later in the afternoon, Carroll insisted that his support for the former Bogota mayor isn’t news.

“I’ve known Steve Lonegan for almost my entire term in the Legislature,” Asm. Carroll told Save Jersey. “During that time, he’s been a stalwart advocate for common sense, conservative (excuse the tautology) values. He stood up for the taxpayers against taxers, spenders, and borrowers of both parties and his support has been invaluable to me, as a frequently lonely conservative in this often seemingly hopelessly misguided state. In Congress, he would be a wonderful, pro-freedom antidote to the Pelosi-ites who populate the other Party, a veritable anti-Obama. NJ needs more good, solid, conservative Republicans to defend it against those in DC who would treat as nothing more than a piggy bank for failed big government programs.”

Aron’s debate will air this Saturday 5/24 at 6:30 p.m. and then again on Sunday 5/25 at 10 a.m. The only other debate transpired Wednesday on Philly’s WPHT radio station.

 

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17 Comments

  1. You dance with them what brung ye… Carroll shows loyalty CD 3 did not. Lonegan is my opponent, but, if he was good enough for the State to tap for Senate, why not the HO– USE? Because Tommy Boy wrote checks, and Steve was SUPPOSED to lose. (Nobody told him that, though). Kudos to Carroll for seeing through the charlatan.

    Steve, if you win in the primary, I look forward to our debates – if you lose, I look forward to your endorsement. 😉

  2. One more out-of-district supporter? Yawn. Can someone let Steve Lonegan know that the 3rd District is in South Jersey and includes Burlington and Ocean counties?

  3. Lonegan was tapped for the Senate because he was the only one who would run who could raise a lot of money quickly. His 2009 run for Governor showed that. If Kyrillos had wanted it he would have got it because he raised a pile in 2012.

    Too much money in politics these days.

  4. Well, he’s one of the few genuine conservatives in Trenton. He’s not a liberal like the vast majority of Republicans, including all of those in Burlington & Ocean Counties under the thumbs of Bill Layton & George Gilmore who lined up like lemmings to do exactly as their Godfathers told them to do.

  5. Endorsing Lonegan now is like betting on the Broncos at half time in the Super Bowl

  6. .

    This race was in the bag… and then, the wise mandarins in the GOP Establishment decided to try and snatch defeat from the jaws of victory by foisting a liberal hack on the people of the 3rd at the last minute.

    Vote for the only Conservative in the race – Steve Lonegan!

  7. I have heard of you, Joe Howarth, and Republicans like you are why I am currently “Unaffiliated” after being a lifelong Republican up until after I voted for Steve Lonegan in the Senate Primary last fall. I will declare at the polls on June 3rd to vote for Steve Lonegan and change back to Unaffiliated afterwards because I am sick of the GOP Establishment. Oh BTW, I will not be voting for you.

  8. not everyone spends as much time on the nutjob circuit as you and the other lonegan supporters do, buddy

  9. Carl – I’m Lonegan’s opponent, (presuming he beats T-Diddy). The only thing Steve and I have in common besides gender is that we both appear on the dartboards in Gilmore’s and Norcross’ basement rec rooms.

  10. Norcross and Gilmore have probably never heard of you. And you’re Lonegan’s opponent as a formality only, you’ve done nothing but carry water for the guy and perpetuated the lies from his half baked press releases.

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