Author: MAS117

Yesterday, Congressional Quarterly changed their rating of New Jersey’s 3rd Congressional District from Lean Republican to No Clear Favorite.

This means that every single House rater including CQ, the Cook Political Report, Swing State Project, The Rothenberg Report, and Larry Sabato’s Crystal Ball have predicted NJ-03 to be either Tossup or Lean Democrat. This is a historic moment, with Republicans having controlled this seat in Congress since 1882.

This is a prime opportunity for a Democratic pickup in a district that has been trending Democrat, and for the first time in history, Democrats outnumber Republicans.

The campaign has made tremendous strides and is gaining momentum throughout the district. Take a look at the campaign YouTube and see all the great stuff from the Adler for Congress campaign.  

Tomorrow morning, John McCain will be in New Jersey’s 3rd District, campaigning with Mayor Chris Myers, who believes like McCain does, that despite the 325,000 person job loss just halfway through 2008, our economy is strong. We need real common sense solutions and change in Washington with a Democrat like John Adler.

Check out this video put out by the Adler for Congress campaign today in preparation for the John McShame visit tomorrow…

We have a great opportunity to bring General Wesley Clark to campaign for John Adler here in the 3rd District!

A community service organization called Democrats Work and General Clark’s political action committee (WesPAC) just launched a contest called “Serve with the General” to see which district General Clark will visit next. And guess what? Our district is included in the list.

Please go to http://democratswork.org/index… and vote for John Adler and New Jersey’s 3rd District. Voting starts today and ends May 30th. Please forward this message to your friends and help get out the vote to bring Gen. Clark to New Jersey!

With two military bases (Fort Dix and McGuire), and a large veteran population in the district, a visit by a well respected veteran like General Wesley Clark will be a great boost to our efforts this November.

Please go to http://democratswork.org/index… and vote now, and spread the message to your family & friends! We need your help to bring General Clark here to New Jersey’s 3rd district.

Disclaimer: I am a volunteer for Adler for Congress.

Great news from NJ-03 (GOP Rep. Saxton’s open seat): John Adler, the Democratic candidate for Congress announced that he raised almost $1.2 million dollars this cycle, including a whopping $530,000 this quarter alone. (75% of the donations came from local NJ donors.) In fact, Adler did so well, one of his GOP opponents campaigns called it “impressive.”

Besides the great fundraising success – Adler has picked up major endorsements from other prominent groups and has been knocking on hundreds of doors.

In the meantime, Adler has been knocking on doors in neighborhoods as far southeast as Little Egg Harbor Township and the age-restricted communities that pepper the area three to five days each week.

And he recently introduced legislation that would protect senior insurance citizens from predatory brokers. The move was prompted by constituent concerns, not scoring points with the electorate.

More after the jump…

And today, even PolitickerNJ’s Wally Edge, was impressed with Adler:

John Adler’s fundraising numbers are impressive: he’s brought in nearly $1.2 million so far as the Democratic candidate for an open congressional seat that has been held by the Republicans since 1882. This kind of early fundraising success will help Adler grow his warchest exponentially as he competes in one of the nation’s premier House races – the fight for Jim Saxton’s seat. Adler is expected to be unopposed in the Democratic primary.

There are a lot of seats in play, but NJ-03 is ready for a “take-over”. Let’s end the failed Bush Republican policies and elect a real Democrat who will bring change to Washington!