We didn’t get to have our pick!
Multiple Republican sources say Andy Unanue is preparing to drop out of the Republican U.S. Senate race and will be replaced by former Congressman Dick Zimmer.
The arrangement is not final, but Unanue has reportedly agreed to drop his candidacy, while Zimmer has agreed to replace him.
Unanue’s three member committee on vacancies has until next Wednesday to officially change candidates.
Zimmer, 63, a lawyer in Washington, represented the state’s 12th District in Congress from 1991 to 1997 before losing in the U.S. Senate race in 1996 to Robert Torricelli. In 2000, Zimmer lost a bid to reclaim his old House seat from Rep. Rush Holt, D-Hopewell Township.
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New Jersey elections are weird. You can drop out and pick your replacement for a primary.
I’m sure somebody totally made light of the ballot label thing in a primary. I know that New Jersey had general election candidates with the “Politicians are Crooks” line, for example.
Why does New Jersey even bother having primary elections? Has there EVER been a primary upset in a New Jersey election?