Category Archives: Bogota, NJ

Oroho, Doherty endorse Lonegan for 2018 congressional bid

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A Republican congressional candidate seeking to reclaim the 5th District for his party in November 2018 has picked up endorsements from two of northwest New Jersey's most conservative state senators. The campaign for Steve Lonegan announced that state Sens. Steven Oroho, R-24th Dist., and Michael Doherty, R-23rd Dist., have endorsed the former Bogota mayor in his bid to replace U.S. Rep. Josh Gottheimer, D-5th Dist.

Lonegan says race against Gottheimer comes down to a conservative’ vs. a liberal’

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After kicking off his campaign Thursday morning, Republican Steve Lonegan said a congressional race against incumbent U.S. Rep. Josh Gottheimer, D-5th Dist., boils down to one point. "I'm a conservative and he's a liberal," Lonegan said of his potential general election opponent in 2018.