November 15, 2009 Newsletter/ Blog Post

MIDDLESEX COUNTY ELECTION RESULTS: THE NUMBERS

The final election numbers for each race in Middlesex County can be viewed on the Middlesex County Clerk website at: http://co.middlesex.nj.us/countyclerk/electionsresults.asp.

MCRO CHAIR LEO ELECTION COMMENTS
Below is the text of press release from Middlesex County Republican Chairman Joseph P. Leo outlining the results of election day to major news organizations covering the County.
MIDDLESEX COUNTY REPUBLICAN BASE EXPANDS AGAIN
WOODBRIDGE-Convincing signs of continued growth in Middlesex County's Republican base are revealed in preliminary analysis of the November 3 election statistics, according to County Republican chairman Joseph P. Leo.
Leo summed up the Election Day returns in a report to the county's GOP leadership this week, stressing that final data is forthcoming from county officials.
Republican Chris Christie carried Middlesex County convincingly in his quest for governor and went on to carry the state, ousting incumbent Democrat Gov. Jon Corzine November 3, the first time a Republican has carried the county in a state-wide election in decades, Leo noted.
“The win here was a reflection not only of Christie's strong appeal to voters in Central Jersey but also the intense organizational effort by county and local GOP leaders and candidates.

Victories
“Voters in a majority of the county's towns supported Republican candidates for local office and brought our freeholder candidates closer to victory than in almost 20 years, “ the chairman said. “We'll mark these advances at our annual Holiday party in January and our annual 'Salute the Winners' brunch in March.
“Across the county, voters supported 22 local candidates in 13 municipalities, bringing to a total of 46 the number of Republicans serving in local office, an improvement of over 30 %. These victories triple our record last year (8) and demonstrate a continued expansion of the Republican base in the county. (An early clue to this improvement was found in the April petition filings when Republicans actually filed more candidates than did the Democrats in this predominantly Democrat county.)
“Certain Democrat leaders and media figures have attributed this movement to Christie's coat-tail effects, thereby suggesting our successes are just an anomaly. There is little doubt that Christie's showing had a positive effect on the overall election. But the story in Middlesex County goes much deeper than that.
Campaigns
“GOP victories at these levels reflect an intense organizational effort by those charged with leading these campaigns. The quality of the candidates is suggested by an open nominating convention for which 900 county Republicans registered in March. This exciting event was followed by a period of recruitment, training and education of a record number of local and county volunteer workers.
“The grass roots activity which was thus generated led to an ambitious telephone and door-to-door communications drive giving profile to our state, county and local candidates. We worked from three regional headquarters locations staffed by volunteers.
Our political web site was revitalized, and a periodic newsletter distributed to hundreds of GOP leaders through the office of the State Committeeman. A sign placement program was implemented.
“Mailings and literature drops stressed an anti-corruption, anti-spending and anti-tax message, tapping into the voters' disappointment with the all-Democrat control which we have experienced. An outreach program gave voice to specific special segments of our voter population (Youth, Women, Senior Citizens, veterans, ethnic groups, etc.) In all of this, including Election Day activity, our fine candidates were engaged and productive.
Results
“Although greatly out-funded and out-spent by our opposition, the results were victories in these municipalities:

Cranbury (1)
Dunellen (2)
East Brunswick (1)
Jamesburg (1)
Middlesex Borough (3)
Milltown (2)
Monroe (1)
Old Bridge (3)
Sayreville (2)
South Brunswick (1)
South Plainfield (2)
South River (2)
Woodbridge (1)
“Thanks to the excellent performance of our candidates, municipal leaders and county-level staff, the Republican presence on the scene continues to expand and, thus, improve the quality of government at every level,” the chairman continued.
“We must build on these extraordinary advances.”

MORE ELECTION QUOTES…

* For fear of the newspapers politicians are dull, and at last they are too dull even for the newspapers. (Gilbert K. Chesterton)

* One of my movies was called "True Lies." It's what the Democrats should have called their convention. (Arnold Schwarzenegger)

* If you want a friend in Washington, get a dog. (Harry Truman)

* The political machine triumphs because it is united minority acting against a divided majority. (Will Durant)

* Conservatives saw the savagery of 9/11 in the attacks and prepared for war; liberals saw the savagery of the 9/11 attacks and wanted to prepare indictments and offer therapy and understanding for our attackers. (Karl Rove)

* You campaign in poetry. You govern in prose. (Mario Cuomo)

* Don't fight a battle if you don't gain anything by winning. (General Erwin Rommel) (Not exactly an election quote, but still quite relevant.)

THANK YOU FROM CHRIS CHRISTIE & KIM GUADAGNO

Dear Friend -

Thank you.
Thank you for the countless hours you spent at campaign headquarters.
Thank you for the millions of phone calls you made and the hundreds of thousands of doors on which you knocked.
Thank you for talking to your friends, neighbors and family on our behalves.
Thank you for putting up our lawn signs (and taking them down now!).
Thank you for your financial support.
Thank you to the elected officials who gave us your early support.
Thank you for boisterously cheering us on at our rallies.
Thank you for your supportive letters to the editor and forwarding our emails to your friends.
Thank you for sticking with us when "the experts" questioned our strategy.
Thank you for standing by us when the negative television ads blanketed the airwaves.
Thank you for giving us strength when the days were long and the campaign trail hard.
Thank you for your faith and belief in us.
Thank you for being a part of our campaign family.
Rightfully so, many people are looking ahead to the next four years. It will be a time of needed change. But we wanted to pause and reflect upon the last 10 months, a time which will forever be engrained in our hearts and minds as a magical time that brought us together. From the bottom of our hearts, thank you.
We will never forget it.


Chris Christie Kim Guadagno
Mary Pat Christie Kevin Guadagno
Andrew Christie Michael Guadagno
Sarah Christie Anderson Guadagno
Patrick Christie
Bridget Christie

BUY POPCORN AND HELP THE BOY SCOUTS

Since you are probably going to be buying presents for the holidays or for other reasons, I would like you to consider buying popcorn and support the scouts at the same time. You can now buy on line by visiting www.orderpopcorn.com and when the home page comes up, there is a space that reads “Enter Order Key.” In that space please enter TEV4T3E. This is my special order key that allows the tracking of the sales generated from my efforts. This will take you to a new page where you can purchase all varieties and types of popcorn and other edibles, such as Trail Mix, Chocolatey Crunch, etc.). If you forget my order key number, you can shop without a key. Just make sure that when you select a council to receive credit, you select “NJ” and then: “Monmouth Junct: Central New Jersey Council.” (The Central New Jersey Council includes most or all of Middlesex, Mercer and Hunterdon Counties, and small portions of Somerset and other adjacent counties.)

UPDATED CALENDAR

What follows is an updated calendar. If you have any municipal or countywide fundraisers or functions you would like me to include in my e-mail calendar from time to time, please contact me at dkatzlaw@aol.com. Please note that organizations and campaigns sometime provide added information, change dates or cancel events, which information I include in this calendar if I receive the information in time. Therefore, if you plan to attend an event, please make sure you review the calendar listing in my latest e-mail and, to the extent you may not have pre-registered for the particular event so the sponsoring group will be able to contact you about any changes, you may want to check with the sponsoring group before you go, to make sure the information has not changed.

November 19 (Thursday 7:30 pm) - Middlesex County Republican Women's Club. Joint meeting with the Monroe Republican Club - Garvey's Restaurant, 405 Spotswood Gravel Hill Road, Monroe. Speaker: political analyst, Debbie Walsh, Director of the Center for American Women and Politics of the Eagleton Institute of Politics at Rutgers and our fabulous patriotic boutique including new items from the Reagan Library.

November 19 (Thursday 7:30 pm) - New Jersey Conservative GOP Meeting, Hopelawn VFW, 113 James Street, Hopelawn (Woodbridge Township) 08861. Please use entrance in the back parking lot. We will have a discussion of New Jersey's conservative movement post election. For further information contact: 732-596-2116 or njcgop@aol.com.

December 6 (Sunday 5:00 - 8:00 pm) - East Brunswick GOP Holiday Party, VFW, Cranbury Road, East Brunswick. $35.00 per person. Buffet, beer wine, soda, coffee and dessert. Send check made payable to EBRC to Charlie Bruno, 11 Westwood Road, East Brunswick, NJ 08816. Any questions, call Charlie 732-846-3817.

December 8 (Tuesday 6:30 - 8:30 pm) - Bill Baroni's 38th Birthday Party. West Windsor Fire House #1, 153 South Mill Road, West Windsor. $38.00 per person. RSVP to sandy@bilbaroni.com or 609-587-0111.

December 12 (Saturday 10:00 am) - Conservative Leadership Breakfast and Holiday Celebration sponsored by Conservatives with Attitude. Omega Diner, 1337 Route 1 South, North Brunswick. Registration is $10.00 if paid in advance or $12.00 at the door if space is available. For more information: michael@gopusanj.com.

February 20, 2010 (Saturday 6:00 - 11:00 pm) - South River GOP Red & White Victory Ball, Portuguese Fisherman, 11 Jackson Street, South River. $50.00 per ticket in advance (recommended as space is limited) and $60.00 at the door. For more details call 732-387-5378 or email sbuffalino@southrivergop.org.

Please forward this information to any Middlesex County Republican, or other individual, who you think might be interested in seeing it. Further, if you know of any Middlesex County Republican who would like to receive periodic e-mail reports about NJ Republican State Committee meetings and other information I believe might be interesting or useful, please have them send me, Donald Katz, an e-mail to dkatzlaw@aol.com, and I will add them to my e-mail list. By the same token, if you ever want to be removed from my e-mail list, send me an e-mail and I will remove you.

Donald Katz, Esq.
Republican State Committeeman - Middlesex County and Counsel, Middlesex County Republican Organization
dkatzlaw@aol.com

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