What do you hear? Phillipsburg council president accused of ‘vicious and sexist’ mispronunciation
Updated Mar 04, 2021;
Posted Mar 04, 2021
Phillipsburg Council President Frank McVey at a council meeting Feb. 4, 2020, and Theresa Bender Chapman in a 2020 campaign photo for her Warren County Board of Commissioners candidacy.lehighvalleylive.com file photos
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Warren County Democrats are accusing Phillipsburg Town Council President Frank McVey of “intentionally and maliciously” mispronouncing a woman’s name.
During the Feb. 25 meeting of the Phillipsburg Land Use Board, McVey introduces himself as a private citizen and refers to a social media post by Warren County Democratic Committee Vice Chairwoman Theresa Bender Chapman.
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Shots fired in the 2020 Republican gubernatorial primary. Literally.
Candidate Doug Steinhardt yesterday issued a press release attacking his main rival, Jack Ciattarelli, over his shooting stance during a competition they both attended over the weekend.
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A leading Republican candidate for governor, well-connected lawyer and longtime power player in Warren County politics, Doug Steinhardt, and people close to him have bypassed state pay-to-play laws while winning more than $10 million in government contracts in the past decade.
The small group of donors, which includes Steinhardt s replacement as chairman of the state Republican Party, contributed more than half of the $250,000 total raised by the independent group Leadership PAC for Better Government since it formed in 2011, according to an analysis of campaign finance records.
At the same time, those records show Leadership PAC has regularly donated to, and supported, the Warren County Republican Committee under Steinhardt’s control and local candidates with authority to award contracts.
Republican Party Chairman Doug Steinhardt announced Friday he is running for governor in next year s contest, pitching himself as a pro-Trump, gun-toting Everyman who will shake up the political class in the state capitol.
In a two-minute video posted on Facebook, Steinhardt touted his deeply conservative bona fides while promoting himself as just the type of outsider needed to cure the ills of a state that has swung too far to the left under Gov. Phil Murphy. I m not a politician at all, said Steinhardt, who has been involved in politics for 20 years as mayor of Lopatcong and chairman of the Warren County Republican Committee in addition to the state party.
N.J. Republican chair touts his support of Trump as he enters race to take on Murphy
Updated Jan 12, 2021;
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State Republican Chairman Doug Steinhardt on Friday formally announced he has entered the 2021 race for the party’s nomination for New Jersey governor, painting himself as a “true conservative” and staunch supporter of President Donald Trump.
Steinhardt, who earlier filed papers to seek the office, announced his candidacy with a blast at Gov. Phil Murphy, the Democrat he hopes to oust next November, while touting his support for gun owners’ rights and opposition to abortion.
“Phil Murphy promised us stronger and fairer, but instead gave us weaker and poorer. His billions in new debt, buckets of new taxes and far-left agenda are tearing our families apart and costing New Jerseyans their lives and livelihoods.” Steinhardt, a 52-year-old attorney from Warren County, said in a statement.