If you're one of those people who believe your vote doesn't count, you might be right when it comes to next month's U.S. Senate primary in New Jersey. Today is the deadline to register to vote in the partisan primaries.
Steve Lonegan is not a standard-issue moderate New Jersey Republican, which he proved with his campaign event Friday when he went to one of the nation's poorest cities to bash not just an opponent but decades of anti-poverty policy.
Gov. Chris Christie has not made an endorsement in the Republican primary for a special U.S. Senate election. But other GOP officials are starting to line up behind former Bogota Mayor Steve Lonegan.
Last week, Governor Chris Christie scheduled a special election for Oct. 16, three weeks before the general election to fill a U.S. Senate seat vacated by the death of U.S. Sen. Frank Lautenberg.