Recent Press Releases
LAUTENBERG CONTINUES TO HIDE, REFUSES TO ACCEPT WCBS-TV DEBATE OFFER
Lawrenceville, NJ - U.S. Senate candidate Dick Zimmer today called on Senator Lautenberg to immediately come out of hiding. In September WCBS-TV proposed to host a debate between the U.S. Senate candidates this Sunday, October 19, 2008. Zimmer immediately accepted the offer. Senator Lautenberg has refused.
ZIMMER SUPPORTS ECONOMIC STIMULUS INITIATIVE, CALLS ON SENATOR LAUTENBERG TO JOIN HIM
Lawrenceville, NJ - U.S. Senate candidate Dick Zimmer today endorsed a proposal by state GOP legislative leaders to institute a sales tax holiday and called on his opponent Senator Frank Lautenberg to support the plan.
ZIMMER: NJ TURNPIKE SHOULD NAME A REST STOP AFTER DOUG SCHOEN
Woodbridge, NJ - During today's toll hike hearing in Woodbridge, U.S. Senate candidate Dick Zimmer rejected Governor Jon Corzine's plan and proposed that the New Jersey Turnpike Authority name a rest stop after Corzine pollster Doug Schoen.
ZIMMER LAUNCHES NEW CAMPAIGN AD: "WHERE'S FRANK?"
Lawrenceville, NJ - The Zimmer for Senate campaign today launched a new campaign ad highlighting how Senator Frank Lautenberg has been ducking Dick Zimmer and has been silent on the crises facing our state and our nation. This ad will go up on television next week.
WASTE OF THE WEEK, #10: FRANK R. LAUTENBERG TRAIN STATION
Secaucus Junction, NJ - U.S. Senate candidate Dick Zimmer today held a press conference to discuss this week's "Waste of the Week"--the colossally wasteful and scarcely used Frank R. Lautenberg Train Station at Secaucus Junction.
LAUTENBERG A NO-SHOW
Lawrenceville, NJ - U.S. Senate candidate Dick Zimmer today participated in a televised conversation with Rutgers University students hosted by the Eagleton Institute of Politics and News 12 New Jersey.
ZIMMER CONDEMNS LAUTENBERG VOTE ON BAILOUT
Trenton, NJ - At a press conference today U.S. Senate candidate Dick Zimmer condemned the multi-billion dollar bailout the of the nation's financial system passed by the Senate.
WASTE OF THE WEEK, #9: EARTHPARK INDOOR RAINFOREST
Lawrenceville, NJ - U.S. Senate candidate Dick Zimmer's "Waste of the Week" campaign this week highlights an $50 million earmark for an indoor rainforest to be built at taxpayer expense with Senator Frank Lautenberg's support.
LAUTENBERG BAILS OUT DETROIT
Lawrenceville, NJ - The Zimmer for Senate campaign today criticized Senator Frank Lautenberg for his support of a $25 billion taxpayer-funded bailout of Detroit's auto industry.
MEDIA TELLS LAUTENBERG TO STOP HIDING AND DEBATE
Lawrenceville, NJ - U.S. Senate candidate Dick Zimmer has been challenging Senator Frank Lautenberg to debate since the primary. Today, the Press of Atlantic City and the Asbury Park Press expressed their frustration with Senator Lautenberg's refusal to debate and called on him to come out of hiding. On Saturday, the Courier Post ran a similar editorial.
AC PRESS ENDORSES ZIMMER POSITION
Lawrenceville, NJ - The Press of Atlantic City today ran an editorial entitled, "The Wall Street Mess/No Golden Parachutes," which endorsed Zimmer's position on limiting compensation packages for executives at financial firms bailed out by the taxpayers.
ZIMMER RESPONDS TO STRATEGIC VISION POLL
Lawrenceville, NJ - In response to Strategic Vision poll released today, U.S. Senate candidate Dick Zimmer released the following statement:
WASTE OF THE WEEK, #7: SUNSET LIMITED
Lawrenceville, NJ - U.S. Senate candidate Dick Zimmer's "Waste of the Week" campaign this week highlights Senator Frank Lautenberg's support for an incredibly expensive passenger train route from Los Angeles to New Orleans that takes two days to complete-on the infrequent occasions when it's on time..
ZIMMER LAUNCHES NEW CAMPAIGN AD: "IDLING SINCE 1982"
Lawrenceville, NJ - The Zimmer for Senate campaign today launched a new internet ad highlighting how 24 years of Senator Frank Lautenberg's ineffectiveness in Washington has hurt New Jersey families.
ZIMMER REACTS TO WALL STREET TURMOIL
Lawrenceville, NJ -- U.S. Senate candidate Dick Zimmer today issued the following statement in response to investment bank Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection and Merrill Lynch & Co. agreeing to be acquired by Bank of America.
ZIMMER: LAUTENBERG MUST JOIN CALL FOR FERRIERO TO RESIGN
Lawrenceville, NJ -- U.S. Senate candidate Dick Zimmer today called on Senator Frank Lautenberg to join the growing chorus demanding that Joe Ferriero resign immediately as Bergen County Democratic Chairman. Zimmer released the following statement:
LAUTENBERG ANSWERS ZIMMER CALL & OPPOSES CORZINE'S TOLL HIKE PLAN
Lawrenceville, NJ - After yesterday's press conference where U.S. Senate candidate Dick Zimmer renewed his challenge to Senator Frank Lautenberg to join him in opposing Governor Corzine's warmed-over toll hike plan, Senator Lautenberg met that challenge by agreeing with Zimmer though his campaign spokesperson.
WASTE OF THE WEEK, #6: JOPLIN, MO INTERCHANGE
Lawrenceville, NJ - U.S. Senate candidate Dick Zimmer's "Waste of the Week" campaign this week targets Senator Frank Lautenberg's support of federal funding for a needless intersection in Joplin, Missouri.
ZIMMER ENDORSED BY NATION'S LARGEST TAXPAYER GROUP
Lawrenceville, NJ - U.S. Senate candidate Dick Zimmer has been endorsed by the National Taxpayers Union Campaign Fund, the political action arm of the 362,000-member National Taxpayers Union.
ZIMMER & KEAN CONDEMN CORZINE'S TOLL HIKE PLAN
Trenton, NJ - At a press conference with State Senate Republican Leader Tom Kean Jr., U.S. Senate candidate Dick Zimmer today condemned Governor Jon Corzine's warmed-over toll hike plan and criticized Senator Frank Lautenberg for New Jersey's affordability crisis.
ZIMMER CAMPAIGN CHALLENGES LAUTENBERG TO FACE ZIMMER IN DEBATES
Lawrenceville, NJ - The Zimmer for Senate campaign sent the following to letter to the Lautenberg for Senate Campaign reiterating U.S. Senate candidate Dick Zimmer's challenge to debate their respective positions on the important issues facing New Jersey.
WASTE OF THE WEEK, #5: N.C. TEAPOT MUSEUM
Lawrenceville, NJ - U.S. Senate candidate Dick Zimmer's "Waste of the Week" campaign this week targets Senator Frank Lautenberg's support of federal funding for the Sparta Teapot Museum in North Carolina.
ZIMMER OPPOSES CORZINE'S TOLL HIKE PLAN & CALLS ON LAUTENBERG TO REJECT IT
St. Paul, MN - In response to Governor Corzine's new plan to increase tolls by 110 percent on the Garden State Parkway and the New Jersey Turnpike, U.S Senate candidate Dick Zimmer today issued the following statement:
ZIMMER SIGNS ANTI-EARMARK PLEDGE
St. Paul, MN - U.S. Senate candidate Dick Zimmer today pledged to support common-sense reform in order to stop the wasteful spending of tax dollars in Washington by signing the Council for Citizens Against Government Waste's Senate Earmark Reform Pledge. Zimmer's pledge was witnessed by Senator Jim DeMint (R-SC), who has been one of the Senate's leaders in the fight against wasteful government spending.
ZIMMER PRAISES McCAIN'S VEEP PICK OF GOVERNOR SARAH PALIN
Lawrenceville, NJ - In response to Senator John McCain's choice of Alaska Governor Sarah Palin as his running mate, U.S. Senate candidate Dick Zimmer released the following statement commending McCain's decision:
ZIMMER CONDEMNS CORZINE & LAUTENBERG FOR NEW JERSEY'S HIGH TAXES
Gloucester Township, NJ - In a week when homeowners throughout the state are receiving their property tax bills, U.S. Senate candidate Dick Zimmer was joined by local officials in Gloucester Township as he held Governor Jon Corzine and Senator Frank Lautenberg responsible for rising property taxes due to their poor leadership.
ZIMMER & MYERS TO HOLD JOINT TOWN HALL MEETINGS
Lawrenceville & Mount Holly, NJ - U.S. Senate candidate Dick Zimmer and 3rd Congressional District candidate Chris Myers will be holding two joint town hall meetings to discuss important issues facing New Jersey.
ZIMMER CHIDES SEN. LAUTENBERG FOR GOING ON VACATION WITHOUT DOING ANYTHING ABOUT GAS PRICES
Lawrenceville, NJ - U.S. Senate candidate Dick Zimmer today criticized Senator Frank Lautenberg for allowing the Senate to adjourn for the month of August without taking any meaningful action to address soaring gas and energy prices.
100 DAYS UNTIL ELECTION DAY: WHERE IS SENATOR FRANK LAUTENBERG?
Lawrenceville, NJ - With 100 days to go until Election Day, U.S. Senate Candidate Dick Zimmer criticized Frank Lautenberg for being absent from the campaign trail.
SPECIAL COUNSEL ENLISTED TO FACILITATE ZIMMER-LAUTENBERG DEBATES
Lawrenceville, NJ - U.S. Senate candidate Dick Zimmer today announced that Randy Mastro, former Deputy Mayor to New York Mayor Rudolph Giuliani, will serve as Special Counsel for the Zimmer for Senate campaign, tasked with facilitating debates between Zimmer and Senator Frank Lautenberg.
ZIMMER RESPONSE ON MONMOUTH UNIVERSITY/GANNETT POLL
Lawrenceville, NJ - U.S. Senate candidate Dick Zimmer today released the following statement in response to the Monmouth University/Gannett poll:
ZIMMER CALLS FOR INVESTIGATION OF LAUTENBERG’S LATEST CAMPAIGN FINANCE ACTIONS
Lawrenceville, NJ - U.S. Senate candidate Dick Zimmer today called on New Jersey State Comptroller Matthew Boxer and New Jersey Inspector General Mary Jane Cooper to investigate reports that Senator Frank Lautenberg attempted to obtain at least 40 premium VIP tickets to a Bruce Springsteen concert for a political fundraiser from the taxpayer-subsidized New Jersey Sports and Exposition Authority (NJSEA).
ZIMMER LAUNCHES TOWN HALL MEETING TOUR
Lawrenceville, NJ - U.S. Senate candidate Dick Zimmer today announced the details of his initial town hall meeting tour. Zimmer invites Senator Frank Lautenberg to join him at each of these town hall meetings in order to give New Jerseyans the opportunity to hear their respective views on the issues. Zimmer will continue to schedule town hall meetings throughout New Jersey during the rest of the summer.
ZIMMER RESPONDS TO SENATOR LAUTENBERG’S CANCELLATION OF BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN FUNDRAISER
Lawrenceville, NJ - U.S. Senate candidate Dick Zimmer issued the follow statement in response to Senator Frank Lautenberg's actions today:
ZIMMER LAUNCHES NEW CAMPAIGN AD “RAMBLE ON”
Lawrenceville, NJ - Today the Zimmer for Senate campaign launched a new web ad which highlights how Senator Frank Lautenberg’s inability to effectively lead in Washington has resulted in New Jersey coming in dead last among all 50 states on the rate of return it receives from its federal tax dollars. "This ad points out Senator Lautenberg’s failure to be an effective leader in Washington,” said Kristen Hainen, Communications Director for the Zimmer for Senate campaign.
LAUTENBERG FAILS TO FIGHT FOR NEW JERSEY TAXPAYERS
Lawrenceville, NJ - Today Dick Zimmer, candidate for U.S. Senate, issued the following statement after The Record reported that New Jersey is again dead last among the 50 states in the rate of return it gets back from its federal tax dollars.
LAUTENBERG VOTES TO TAKE AWAY TOOLS TO TRACK DOWN TERRORISTS
Lawrenceville, NJ – Today, U.S. Senate candidate Dick Zimmer issued the following statement in response to Senator Frank Lautenberg’s vote against bipartisan legislation overhauling electronic surveillance rules aimed at tracking foreign terrorists.
Call it 'pork,' Lautenberg defends record
When four-term Democratic Sen. Frank Lautenberg first ran in 1982, he attacked his opponent over New Jersey’s low rate of return from Washington.
Your tax dollars at work -- in other states
New Jersey now gets less back from every $1 sent to Washington than any other state.
ZIMMER URGES LAUTENBERG TO FOLLOW HIS LEAD AND FULLY DISCLOSE ALL REAL ESTATE DETAILS
Flemington, NJ – U.S. Senate candidate Dick Zimmer has responded to recent revelations about sweetheart mortgage deals given to some U.S. Senators by disclosing both the value of the residential real estate owned by him and his wife and the full financial details of their residential mortgages. In an effort to provide greater transparency to New Jersey voters, Zimmer urged New Jersey's senior Senator Frank Lautenberg to disclose all the pertinent financial details about the residential real estate properties owned by him and his wife. Zimmer also called on Lautenberg to support his proposal to change Senate ethics rules to require all members to fully disclose the complete financial details of residential mortgage loans owed by themselves and their spouses.
ZIMMER SAYS: "NO RECESS FOR SEN. LAUTENBERG WHILE GAS PRICES ARE AT RECORD HIGHS"
Fair Haven, NJ – U.S. Senate candidate Dick Zimmer today criticized Senator Frank Lautenberg for joining his Senate colleagues in a July 4th recess when New Jerseyans are struggling with $4 gas prices.
ZIMMER CALLS ON LAUTENBERG TO SUPPORT TERRORIST TRACKING AGREEMENT
Flemington, NJ – U.S. Senate candidate Dick Zimmer today called on Sen. Frank Lautenberg to put aside his prior opposition and support bipartisan legislation overhauling electronic surveillance rules aimed at tracking foreign terrorists.
ZIMMER CALLS FOR GREATER MORTGAGE DISCLOSURE FOR MEMBERS OF U.S. SENATE
Flemington, NJ – U.S. Senate candidate Dick Zimmer challenged Frank Lautenberg to respond to reports that he refuses to publicly disclose information about his home mortgages. Zimmer also called on the U.S. Senate to change its ethics rules to require that senators and senate candidates publicly disclose their complete mortgage details within 30 days. Zimmer pledged to make such disclosures about his own home mortgages whether or not the rules are changed and whether or not Sen. Lautenberg makes similar disclosures.
LAUTENBERG'S SUPPORT FOR 100 PERCENT CARGO SCREENING HARDLY 100 PERCENT
Flemington, NJ -- Today, Sen. Frank Lautenberg announced legislation that he says will improve port security. Unfortunately, Frank Lautenberg talks tough on port security but the record suggests otherwise. Lautenberg was one of just three U.S. Senators to oppose an amendment that would require 100 percent screening of cargo before entering the United States.
ZIMMER CRITICIZES LAUTENBERG FOR SUPPORTING PORK-FILLED FARM BILL
Flemington, NJ – Republican U.S. Senate candidate Dick Zimmer issued the following statement following Frank Lautenberg's vote last night in favor of the $289 billion Farm Bill.
ZIMMER CAMPAIGN LAUNCHES AD “EMPTY RHETORIC"
Flemington, NJ – The Zimmer for U.S. Senate Campaign launched an ad today highlighting Senator Frank Lautenberg’s record of voting for higher gas taxes. Zimmer Campaign Manager Mark Duffy issued the following statement:
ZIMMER SAYS NO TO DRILLING OFF NJ BEACHES
Flemington, NJ – Republican U.S. Senate candidate Dick Zimmer issued the following statement today:
LAUTENBERG: 24 YEARS OF SUPPORTING HIGHER GAS PRICES
Flemington, NJ – Zimmer for U.S. Senate Campaign Manager Mark Duffy issued the following statement today in response to a press conference Senator Lautenberg held this afternoon:
Editorial: Jeer to Frank Lautenberg
JEER: To U.S. Sen. Frank Lautenberg, D-N.J., for offering nothing but his standard excuse, if it can even be called that, for why he wouldn't debate his Republican opponent, former U.S. Rep. Dick Zimmer, Friday.
Zimmer again challenges Lautenberg to debate
TRENTON — Republican U.S. Senate nominee Dick Zimmer — for the third time in 10 days — challenged incumbent Sen. Frank Lautenberg, D-N.J., to debate Thursday, setting a tone for the campaign against a candidate with a reputation for dodging face-to-face confrontation.
ZIMMER & KEAN CALL ON LAUTENBERG TO DEBATE IN JUNE
Trenton, NJ – Republican U.S. Senate candidate Dick Zimmer was joined today by Senate Republican Leader Tom Kean, Jr. at a Statehouse press conference. Zimmer and Kean called on Senator Frank Lautenberg to begin debating this month just as Kean did with Senator Bob Menendez in 2006.
ZIMMER CAMPAIGN RESPONSE TO QUINNIPIAC POLL
Flemington, NJ – In response to today’s Quinnipiac poll Zimmer for U.S. Senate Campaign Manager Mark Duffy issued the following statement:
Election 2008: New Jersey Senate New Jersey Senate Race a Dead Heat
Democrat Frank Lautenberg, seeking a fifth term in the U.S. Senate, is in a virtual tie with Republican challenger Dick Zimmer in New Jersey, according to the latest Rasmussen Reports telephone survey.
Don't count Zimmer out in race against Lautenberg
Former Statehouse reporter John Froonjian is political editor for The Press of Atlantic City. E-mail him at jfroonjian@pressofac.com
Conventional wisdom says New Jersey's U.S. Senate race is all but over, that Democrat Frank Lautenberg can't lose. All that stands between him and victory over Republican Dick Zimmer, it would seem, is the technicality of an actual election.
ZIMMER CAMPAIGN RESPONSE TO RASMUSSEN POLL
Flemington, NJ – In response to the Rasmussen poll Zimmer for U.S. Senate Campaign Manager Mark Duffy issued the following statement:
Lautenberg declines offer to debate Zimmer next week
TRENTON -- Republican U.S. Senate candidate Richard A. Zimmer challenged the incumbent Democrat, Frank R. Lautenberg, to debate next week, starting a U.S. Senate campaign some say has potential to be among the dirtiest in New Jersey's history.
Zimmer presses Lautenberg for early kickoff to debates
The first debate in the U.S. Senate race will take place in a little over a week if Republican Dick Zimmer has his way.
Editorial: Give electorate lots of face time
Cynics might contend that the choice in November's U.S. Senate election between a lobbyist who was rejected by voters in two previous bids for a seat in Congress and someone who would be 90 in the final year of his six-year term and had just one bill passed in his previous term — a measure renaming a post office — is no choice at all.
Lautenberg, Zimmer take Senate primaries
Democrat Frank Lautenberg and Republican Dick Zimmer started in on each other just minutes after they won their parties' nominations for U.S. Senate on Tuesday.
ZIMMER CHALLENGES LAUTENBERG TO GO BACK TO THE FUTURE ON DEBATES
TRENTON - Fresh off Tuesday's Republican primary victory, U.S. Senate candidate Dick Zimmer challenged Frank Lautenberg to a series of debates and called on the incumbent to follow the precedent established during the 2006 U.S. Senate race and allow voters to see the candidates face-to-face discussing the issues that are on the minds of New Jerseyans starting this month.
It's Lautenberg vs. Zimmer
TRENTON -- Democrat U.S. Sen. Frank Lautenberg on Tuesday won the right to stand for re-election in November and will face former Rep. Richard A. Zimmer, who won a more narrow victory in the Republican primary.
Zimmer wins with 49 percent, says 'Change is in the air'
PLAINSBORO TOWNSHIP - Former Congressman Dick Zimmer got one step closer Tuesday to returning to Washington, D.C., winning New Jersey's Republican U.S. Senate primary.