Things Are Looking Brighter

For those of you that woke up yesterday morning, feeling down and out because Middletown Democratic candidate Tricia Maguire, LD13 candidates Sean F. Byrnes, Tom Giaimo and Mariel DiDato and Monmouth County Freeholder candidates Margie Donjon and Brian Wilton did not come out victorious yesterday, cheer up. The Middletown GOP's margin of victory over the Middletown Democrats this year was shrunk by over 4% due in large part by a tremendous GOTV effort this year by numerous volunteers and candidate Tricia Maguire.

While 4% may not seem like much, it was huge! The Middletown Democrats closed the gap from previous elections and shrunk the margins of Republicans countywide​. The races in LD 13 and for Freeholder were much closer than in previous years, in large part to the Democratic turn out in Middletown. That means we are moving in the right direction and we have momentum moving forward. Next year is looking brighter already.

In Middletown, all of the Democratic candidates received a minimum of a 1000 votes more than our Governor elect Phil Murphy. This is huge! Especially when you take into consideration that Kim Guadagni received 5000 more votes in Middletown than Phil Murphy.

In hindsight, Murphy's statement about making New Jersey a "sanctuary state", which was drove home constantly by the  Guadagno campaign, not only hurt Murphy in Middletown, but also in northern Monmouth County. It lead to the local Democratic candidates having to answer questions about it, which in turn took away from their messages and caused potential supporters not to vote.

Overall I'm encouraged by Tuesday night's results. Phil Murphy, flaws and all, is the governor elect and Democrat Vin Gopal beat Jennifer Beck to become the new LD11 State Senator. When added to the results in Middletown, where the margins were shrunk even though the Democratic candidates lost, it was a good day. The resistance is strong and the future is bright!

Rally with Senator Cory Booker! Oct. 29th

Booker's Father Passes Away

My condolences go out to Newark Mayor and Democratic U.S. Senate Candidate Cory Booker and his family. Earlier today Booker’s father died.

Booker was to be in Red Bank today along with gubernatorial candidate Senator Barbara Buono and her running mate Milly Silva, attending today's Monmouth County Democrats GOTV rally at the Bates Elks Lodge #220 on Shrewsbury Avenue.

According to PolitickerNJ, Booker’s father, Cary Booker, had recently suffered a stroke. Cary Booker was 76 years old.

Turn off the Hate. Get out the Vote.

George W. Bush. Extreme right-wing talk show hosts. Homophobes. Racists. All these people will vote and they hope you don't. Turn off the Hate. Get out the Vote.

Rush Holt To Kicks Off Get-Out-The-Vote Effort Tomorrow Night at Manalapan Office

Tomorrow at 6:30pm Congressman Rush Holt and New Jersey Democratic Chairman John Wisniewski will be at our Monmouth HQ in Manalapan to officially kick-off our Get Out the Vote Effort.

We've all worked tirelessy for the last three months here in Monmouth, and there's only 5 days left to ensure that every Holt supporter gets to the polls. We encourage you to join us to show your support for the congressman and the Monmouth Democratic Party.

For those of you who haven't been to our Manalapan Office yet. It's located in the Design Center Plaza on Route 9. The street address 345 Route 9 South.

Please RSVP via email or call our office at 732-431-0247. Hope to see you tomorrow!

Sincerely,

Andrew Overton

PS Take a look at Rush's call to action on his website: http://www.rushholt.com/gotv2010

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Andrew Overton
Monmouth County Field Organizer | Rush Holt for Congress
c: 732.637.9884 | o: 732.431.0247 | f: 609.799.9173 | e: overton@rushholt.com
345 Route 9 South in Design Center Plaza
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