The Independence Hall Tea Party is very active in the South and Central Jersey regions:
District: 7
State Senator: Dianne Allen (R)i
State Assembly: Christopher Halgas (R), James “Jim” Keenan (R)
District: 8
State Senate: Dawn Maria Addiego (R)
State Assembly: Scott Rudder (R)i, Christopher J. Brown (R)
District: 9
State Senate: Christopher J. Connors (R)i
State Assembly: Brian E. Rumpf (R)i, DiAnne C. Gove (R)i
District: 10
State Senate: Jim Holzapfel (R)i
State Assembly: Dave Wolfe (R)i, Gregory P. McGuckin (R)
District: 11
State Senate: Jennifer Beck (R)i
State Assembly: Mary Pat Angelini (R)i, Caroline Casagrande (R)i
District: 12
State Senate: Samuel D. Thompson (R)
State Assembly: Ronald S. Dancer (R)i, Robert D. Clifton (R)
District: 13
State Senate: Joe Kyrillos, Jr. (R)i
State Assembly: Declan O’Scanlon (R)i–No additional recommendation.
District: 14
State Senate: Richard J. Kanka (R)
State Assembly: Wayne Wittman (R), Sheree McGowan (R)
District: 15
State Senate: Donald J. Cox (R)
State Assembly: Peter M. Yull (R), Kathy Kilcommons (R)
District: 16
State Senate: Christopher “Kip” Bateman (R)i
State Assembly: Peter J. Biondi (R)i, Jack M. Ciattarelli (R)
District: 17
State Senate: Jordan Richards (R)
State Assembly: Carlo A. DiLalla (R), Robert S. Mettler (R)
District: 18
State Senate: Gloria S. Dittman (R)
State Assembly: Joseph Sinagra (R), Marcia Silva (R)
District: 19
State Senate: Paul Lund, Jr. (R)
State Assembly: Angel J. Leon (R), Shane Robinson (R)
District: 30
State Senate: Robert W. Singer (R)i
State Assembly: Sean T. Keane (R)i, David P. Kible (R)i
Why didnt they just say that they endorsed all Republicans everywhere that they make endorsements. It would have been a much shorter list.
Yeah, really….what a shocker.
Exactly. Even I, a flaming liberal who voted all Democratic in my district, endorsed a Republican.
To Jerseyans:
Simply put, the Independence Hall Tea Party supports candidates–not parties.
In some of the 2011 Legislative District races there were independent candidates running–like District 13. While we endorsed Kyrillos, we did not endorse both Assembly candidates.
Also, our group, in various primaries, has endorsed a few truly conservative Democrats.
If we are recommending candidates, we must identify them by
name. We cannot say we recommend ALL Republicans–especially when we do not recommend ALL Republicans.
(Granted, in the 2011 NJ General Election, we recommended 99% of the Republicans running for office.)
No matter what we do, we are roundly criticized.
We will just continue to try and do the right thing.
Sincerly,
Don Adams, President
Independence Hall Tea Party PAC