With GOP support coalescing around Rep. Jeff Van Drew, his opponent is considering running in another congressional district
in the president’s orbit about potentially switching to the 3rd District in mid-December, as rumors of Van Drew’s impending change of parties swirled.
“I’ve had several conversations with Chris Christie throughout the campaign,” Richter said. “Let me just say he and I have had very positive, very productive conversations about the race, and I’ll leave it at that. I do consider our conversations private.” Richter has been the frontrunner for the Republican nomination in the 2nd District prior to Van Drew’s switch. After Van Drew became a Republican,
, saying the congressman — who had seen Democrats begin to abandon him after his refusal to back impeaching the president — “switched parties because he was going to lose, and this is an attempt to save his own job.”Richter is the second New Jersey Republican to switch districts in recent days in order to clear the way for a candidate with the backing of the party establishment.
Rosemary Becchi, a tax attorney and lobbyist, announced Tuesday that she would move her congressional campaign from the 7th District — where state Senate Minority Leader Tom Kean Jr. has the most party support to take on freshman Democrat
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