The former mayor of Bogota in Bergen County, Steve Lonegan is the New Jersey director of Americans for Prosperity, a conservative advocacy group. Lonegan ran unsuccessfully in 2005 and 2009 for the Republican nomination for governor.
"Violent crime is up since the last year of Sharpe James’ administration. This year it’s higher. … The unemployment rate is almost 15 percent. The…
"I would be the first Republican senator elected in New Jersey in 41 years."
Says under Mayor Cory Booker, Newark has seen "violent crime up five years in a row, murder up five years in a row."
"The price tag amounted to nearly $4,200 for every man, woman and child in the state."
"Sixty percent of New Jersey doctors do not accept Medicaid patients."
"New Jersey taxpayers … will now face the highest tolls in the country."
"Today, the Social Security system is broke."