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Steve Lonegan

Steve Lonegan

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.  

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Steve Lonegan
Steve Lonegan
stated on September 23, 2013 in an interview on the John Gambling radio show:
"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 high school dropout rate is over 50 percent."
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By Caryn Shinske • October 10, 2013
Steve Lonegan
Steve Lonegan
stated on September 23, 2013 in an interview on the John Gambling radio program:
"I would be the first Republican senator elected in New Jersey in 41 years."
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By Caryn Shinske • September 29, 2013
Steve Lonegan
Steve Lonegan
stated on August 15, 2013 in a radio interview on “Focal Point with Bryan Fischer”:
Says under Mayor Cory Booker, Newark has seen "violent crime up five years in a row, murder up five years in a row."
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By Bill Wichert • August 25, 2013
Steve Lonegan
Steve Lonegan
stated on December 18, 2012 in a news release:
"The price tag amounted to nearly $4,200 for every man, woman and child in the state."
Mostly False
By Caryn Shinske • December 23, 2012
Steve Lonegan
Steve Lonegan
stated on October 24, 2012 in an op-ed on the Asbury Park Press' website:
"Sixty percent of New Jersey doctors do not accept Medicaid patients."
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By Bill Wichert • November 14, 2012
Steve Lonegan
Steve Lonegan
stated on December 27, 2011 in an email newsletter:
"New Jersey taxpayers … will now face the highest tolls in the country."
False
By Erin O'Neill • January 2, 2012
Steve Lonegan
Steve Lonegan
stated on October 1, 2011 in an interview on News 12 New Jersey’s Power & Politics show:
"Today, the Social Security system is broke."
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By Bill Wichert • October 9, 2011
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