After raising less than $1,600 between July 2020 and October 2021 for her NJ-03 House bid, perennial candidate Tricia Flanagan pivoted on Friday to challenging incumbent Chris Smith in NJ-04.
Flanagan said she was responding to President Trump’s call for someone to take on the 21-term incumbent Republican congressman in 2022:
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https://twitter.com/NewDayForNJ/status/1471994057006145548
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NJ-04 may not prove any easier unless her campaign picks up steam.
Three other hopefuls – Mike Blasi, David Burg, and Daniel Francisco – are already in the NJ-04 primary hunt along with Smith.
Flanagan’s depature makes the GOP battle to unseat Andy Kim in NJ-03 a two-way race (for now at least) between yacht builder Bob Healey and the Rev. Shawn Hyland.
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