RAMSEY, N.J. — Former Cresskill Councilman John McCann has defeated long-time fixture of New Jersey GOP elections Steve Lonegan for the 5th District Congressional nomination. The Republican attorney was powered by an aggressive (and expensive) 11th hour media blitz as Read More
NJ-05 Fact Check: Lonegan says McCann’s father wasn’t shot by a terrorist. Who’s right?
HACKETTSTOWN, N.J. — A Friday afternoon Republican debate on WRNJ Radio out of Hackettstown got ugly quickly and never quite recovered, Save Jerseyans. That’s no surprise. The tenor of this year’s NJ-05 GOP congressional primary race has been hyper-personal from Read More
NJ-05: Radio’s Levin endorses Lonegan, calls rival McCann a “jackass”
NEW YORK, N.Y. — Nationally-syndicated radio host Mark Levin is a long-time fan and past endorser of Steve Lonegan, so it wasn’t much of a surprise when he endorsed the former Bogota Mayor and perennial GOP candidate for the 5th Congressional Read More
NJ-05: McCann marches on primary rival Lonegan’s old home turf
BOGOTA, N.J. — 5th Congressional District GOP contender and former Cresskill Councilman John McCann spent one of his primary campaign’s final days marching through the streets of his Republican opponent’s old home base. On Monday, McCann participated in the Bogota (Bergen County) Read More
NJ-05: McCann launches TV spot revisiting Trump vs. Lonegan feud
HACKENSACK, N.J. — John McCann is making a final two week television push in the 5th Congressional District’s Republican primary, and he’s letting President Donald Trump do most of the talking. On Monday, the former Cresskill councilman’s campaign launched an Read More
Lonegan nabs N.J. pro-life endorsement
HACKENSACK, N.J. — NJ-05 Republican candidate Steve Lonegan has been endorsed by the New Jersey Right to Life (NJRTL) PAC. “Steve Lonegan was instrumental in our successful effort to defeat Jon Corzine’s embryonic stem cell taxpayer rip-off,” said Marie Tasy, New Read More
N.J. GOP Congressional Hopeful: I Won’t Vote For Paul Ryan
OAKLAND, N.J. — One of two candidates for the 2018 Republican nomination in New Jersey’s 5th Congressional District is pledging to vote against the incumbent House leadership should he make it to Washington, D.C., next January. Citing March’s massive Omnibus Read More
Channeling Trump, McCann calls Lonegan a “loser” over Passaic Screening rigging allegation
By The Staff _ After Steve Lonegan accused the Passaic County GOP of rigging its Thursday evening screening vote, the campaign of his victorious NJ-05 rival, John McCann, pushed back on Saturday with one of President Trump’s favorite put-downs. “How Read More
RESULTS: Hugin, Ghee and McCann earn Passaic GOP’s screening nod
Passaic County GOP Screening Results: Hugin: 21 Goldberg: 2 Ghee: 18 Webber: 5 McCann: 19 Lonegan: 4 –