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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
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."

By Caryn Shinske • October 10, 2013
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."

By Caryn Shinske • September 29, 2013
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."

By Bill Wichert • August 25, 2013
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."

By Caryn Shinske • December 23, 2012
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."

By Bill Wichert • November 14, 2012

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