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  Stender Has Shot at Beating Ferguson, Ending GOP Streak
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Last EditedRP  Oct 05, 2006 02:28pm
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News DateThursday, October 5, 2006 07:15:00 PM UTC0:0
DescriptionRepublican strategists hoped that three-term GOP Rep. Mike Ferguson’s strong 2004 showing in New Jersey’s 7th District had answered the question of whether he is politically vulnerable. Despite the Democrats’ efforts to promote their nominee, Marine Corps veteran Steve Brozak — who was given a speaking slot at their national convention — Ferguson easily won by 57 percent to 42 percent.

Yet the district is still in play in the 2006 campaign, so much so that CQPolitics.com has changed its rating on the race to Leans Republican from Republican Favored.

The 7th District, located in the New York City suburbs, leans Republican but isn’t a Party stronghold: District voters favored President Bush over Democrat John Kerry by a modest 53 percent to 46 percent, and that was before a series of problems sent the president’s approval ratings plummeting.

Making this year’s House race even more competitive is the fact that the Democrats are running a solid challenger in state Rep. Linda Stender, a deputy speaker of the state Assembly and former mayor of Fanwood.

Stender is a battle-tested politician who has proven in past races that she can win in Republican territory. Ingrid W. Reed, director of the Eagleton New Jersey Project at Rutgers University, said Stender “has everything going for her except [Democratic] past performance in the district.”
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