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NJ congressional races: MacArthur, Watson Coleman win primary battles
Brent Johnson | June 4, 2014Tom MacArthur, the millionaire former mayor of Randolph, defeated conservative firebrand Steve Lonegan on Tuesday in a fiercely contested Republican primary fight between two North Jersey transplants seeking to replace a South Jersey congressman.
In the state’s other tight congressional primary, Assemblywoman Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-Mercer) won the Democratic nomination for a Central Jersey seat — and the chance to become New Jersey’s first female member of the House of Representatives in more than a decade.
Across New Jersey, the nine incumbents running for re-election easily won their primaries and are expected to regain their seats in November.
The 3rd District race for the seat being vacated by Republican U.S. Rep. Jon Runyan was one of the state’s nastiest races this year. At one point, Lonegan, the former mayor of Bogota, called MacArthur a “monster” over allegations that his insurance company played a part in shortchanging California wildfire victims. MacArthur characterized Lonegan, who lost to Cory Booker in the state’s special U.S. Senate election last year, as bitter.
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