WASHINGTON, D.C. – House Republican Leader Kevin McCarthy added nearly three dozen 2020 House candidates to the NRCC’s “On the Radar” list on Friday including two from New Jersey: Katie Gibbs (R-3) and Rosemary Becchi (R-11).
“We are pleased to add another round of impressive candidates to our Young Guns program,” said McCarthy. “The socialist Democrats’ sham impeachment investigation has inspired hundreds of well-qualified candidates to run for office and put the majority well within our reach.”
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“Radar” candidates are on track for eventual inclusion in the ‘Young Guns’ program designed to provide technical, institutional, and most importantly financial support to GOP candidates across the country.
Becchi is a tax reform advocate and attorney currently running in the 11th Congress District primary unopposed after jumping over to the Morris-dominated district from the 7th (where Tom Kean Jr. is the presumptive nominee); her pivot was part of a multi-piece deal engineered by state Republican leaders last weekend.
Gibbs, a former Burlington County freeholder, faces as-of-yet token opposition from a former local Burlco mayor (Tony Porto) and a current Ocean County deputy mayor (John Novak), but current NJ-02 candidate David Richter – who’s independently wealthy – is reportedly considering dropping into the NJ-03 contest.
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