NEW JERSEY | 15 Electoral Votes |
Republicans made some noise in New Jersey, but the state was not a targeted state for Democrats. Or, to be more accurate Democrats did not target the state for votes, but for money; New Jersey raised the third largest amount for Democrats after California and New York, but did not see much of that money. As a leader of the Kerry-Edwards campaign in the state said after the election, the state was Democratic enough so that it "could take the hit." The Kerry-Edwards leader said the campaign amounted to "bubble gum, popsicle sticks and Elmer's glue." Both the Codey and Corzine camps were represented in the Kerry-Edwards leadership. As a non-targeted state, they had limited resources to work with, and at times felt as if they were a lightening rod for criticism. (Afterwards, one of them suggested that it might have been better to have had somebody from out of state heading the campaign). Also, given the new parameters under McCain-Feingold, they spent a fair amount of time telling people what they could not do. Democrats did spend about $500,000 for a GOTV phone program.
Gov. Jim McGreevey's Aug. 12, 2004 announcement that he would resign effective Nov. 15, 2004 formed a major backstory but did not affect the outcome of the presidential race.
Several figures in the 2004
race had New Jersey connections: Socialist Workers Party presidential candidate
Roger Calero is a resident of Newark, NJ; Republican National Committee
chairman Ed Gillespie is a New Jersey native.
Bush-Cheney '04 | Kerry-Edwards 2004 |
Organization details... | details... |
Bush-Cheney
'04, Inc.
Director: Michael Torpey Comms. Director: Tom Wilson New Jersey Republican
State Committee
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Kerry-Edwards
2004, Inc.
State Co-Directors: Patti McGuire and A.J. Sabath New Jersey Democratic
State Committee
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Travel
BUSH-CHENEY | KERRY-EDWARDS |
October
18, 2004
-GWB makes remarks (billed as a major speech) at a rally at Evesham Recreation Center in Marlton, NJ. October 18, 2004 -LB remarks at Victory 2004 dinner at former Gov. Christie Whitman's farm in Oldwick, NJ. ($) September
16, 2004
March
22, 2004
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October 7, 2004
-JE holds a town hall on homeland security at Cape Liberty Port in Bayonne, NJ. -JE attends a fundraising dinner at the home of cosmetics businesswoman Bobbi Brown in Montclair, NJ. ($) Overnights in Weehawken, NJ. September 28, 2004
June 14-15, 2004
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Newspaper Endorsements
BUSH
Trentonian (10/29/04) Asbury Park Press [Neptune] (10/24/04) |
KERRY
Jersey Journal [Jersey City] (10/30/04) *Courier Post [Camden] (10/28/04) The Daily Journal [Vineland] (10/25/04) Gloucester County Times [Woodbury] (10/24/04) The Times [Trenton] (10/24/04) The Star-Ledger [Newark] (10/24/04) The Record [Bergen County] (10/24/04) Courier-News [Bridgewater] (10/24/04) The Daily Record [Parsippany] (10/24/04) |
Third Party and Independent
Ballot Access
NADER
Supporters presented over
1,450 signatures at the Secretary of State's office on July 20, six days
before the deadline.
More Candidate Visits
NADER
October 31, 2004
Press Conference and Halloween
Fundraiser at Shannon Lounge in Hoboken, NJ.
October 23, 2004
Press Conference and Campaign
Speech at Rutgers University in Piscataway, NJ
October 14, 2004
Press Conference (with Carl
Mayer and Bruce Afran) and Campaign Speech/Rally at Princeton University,
followed by Book Signing at Triumph Brewing Company in Princeton, NJ.
August 31, 2004
Press Conference at the
Statehouse in Trenton, NJ.
May 23, 2004
Pot Luck Dinner and Petition
Party at private home in Princeton, NJ.
COBB
September 2, 2004
-Campaigns with 12th CD
Green Party congressional candidate Daryl Brooks in downtown Trenton, NJ.
-Speaks at the regular meeting
of the People's Organization for Progress at the Abyssinian Baptist Church
in Newark, NJ.
-Hosted by Rutgers Greens
speaks at the Student Center of Rutgers University in New Brunswick, NJ.
Copyright © 2005 Eric M. Appleman/Democracy in Action.