Oroho got highest number of GOP votes in state
/It was supposed to be the most watched race in the state. NJ101.5's Bill Spadea and Save Jersey's Matt Rooney had Steve Oroho in their crosshairs. Liberals like Democrat Senator Ray "Lord of Ass" Lesniak and Republican Jennifer Beck had lots of bad to say about him.
The Koch Brothers and the petroleum lobby used their astro-turf group to engineer the now notorious screw card; that child of David "Wally Edge" Wildstein, the ObserverNJ, ran a hit piece by NJELEC's own James Comey, Jeff Brindle; an AFP operative had a state employee try to shake down a candidate; and DOT employees got in on the action, tearing down some political campaign signs while leaving those up of candidates they supported. But at the polls, the wheels came off -- and they couldn't quite put the clown car back together again.
On election day, June 6th, Senator Steve Oroho (LD24) got more votes than any Republican Senator or Senate candidate in New Jersey. Senator Oroho picked-up 10,773 votes in the Republican primary -- the most votes won by any Senate Republican in the 40 legislative districts in New Jersey, according to the elections division of the Secretary of State's office.
The closest to Senator Oroho was Senator Mike Doherty (LD23) who got 10,742 and Senator Joe Pennacchio (LD26) with 10,357. But unlike Senator Oroho, both had no opposition.
In comparison, Republican luminaries like Senate Republican Leader Tom Kean Jr. and NJ101.5's favorite, Senator Jennifer Beck, picked-up 7,678 and 5,081 votes, respectively.
LD01 6,269
LD02 5,879
LD03 4,133
LD04 3,697
LD05 2,524
LD06 3,985
LD07 5,794
LD08 6,541
LD09 9,221
LD10 8,856
LD11 5,081
LD12 4,263 (faced opposition)
LD13 5,939
LD14 3,475 (faced opposition)
LD15 2,228
LD16 8,364
LD17 2,060
LD18 2,560
LD19 1,834
LD20 678
LD21 7,678
LD22 2,306
LD23 10,742
LD24 10,773 (faced opposition)
LD25 8,740
LD26 10,357
LD27 4,609
LD28 (no GOP candidate)
LD29 498
LD30 8,434
LD31 663
LD32 913
LD33 907
LD34 1,029
LD35 978
LD36 1,861
LD37 1,052 (faced opposition)
LD38 4,094
LD39 6,132
LD40 7,698 (faced opposition)
Among Republican Assembly members, Parker Space got the most in the state, with 11,097 votes. Space was bracketed with Hal Wirths, who picked-up 9,797 votes -- the fourth highest in the state. Oroho, Space, and Wirths ran as a team.