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Books by and about 2020 presidential candidates |
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Crippled America,
by Donald J. Trump (2015) |
Fire and Fury,
by Michael Wolff (2018) |
Trump Revealed,
by Michael Kranish and Marc Fisher (2016) |
The Making of Donald Trump,
by David Cay Johnston (2016) |
Promise Me, Dad ,
by Joe Biden (2017) |
The Book of Joe ,
by Jeff Wilser (2019; biography of Joe Biden) |
The Truths We Hold,
by Kamala Harris (2019) |
Smart on Crime,
by Kamala Harris (2010) |
Guide to Political Revolution,
by Bernie Sanders (2017) |
Where We Go From Here,
by Bernie Sanders (2018) |
Our Revolution,
by Bernie Sanders (2016) |
This Fight Is Our Fight,
by Elizabeth Warren (2017) |
United,
by Cory Booker (2016) |
Conscience of a Conservative,
by Jeff Flake (2017) |
Two Paths,
by Gov. John Kasich (2017) |
Every Other Monday,
by Rep. John Kasich (2010) |
Courage is Contagious,
by John Kasich (1998) |
Shortest Way Home,
by Pete Buttigieg (2019) |
Becoming,
by Michelle Obama (2018) |
Higher Loyalty,
by James Comey (2018) |
The Making of Donald Trump,
by David Cay Johnston (2017) |
Trump vs. Hillary On The Issues ,
by Jesse Gordon (2016) |
Outsider in the White House,
by Bernie Sanders (2015) |
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Book Reviews |
(from Amazon.com) |
(click a book cover for a review or other books by or about the presidency from Amazon.com)
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2024 New Jersey Senatorial race: debates and news coverage
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Click on a participant to pop-up their full list of quotations
from 2024 NJ Senate race (number of quotes indicated):
- Andy Kim (8) Democrat U.S. Rep New Jersey-3
- Curtis Bashaw (14) Republican Challenger New Jersey
- George Helmy (9) Demcoratic Senate Appointee New Jersey
- Robert Menendez (1) Democrat U.S. Rep New Jersey-13
- Tammy Murphy (6) Democratic Challenger New Jersey
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2024 New Jersey Senate debates and race coverage:
- Lancaster Farming, "Where Do New Jersey's Senate Candidates, Curtis Bashaw and Andy Kim, Stand on Agriculture?," Oct 3, 2024, (Link)
- Bergen Record, "What drives Curtis Bashaw's campaign for New Jersey Senate seat?", Katie Sobko, 9/12/24, (Link)
- Politico.com, "From 'a nobody' to the Senate: George Helmy is ready to replace Bob Menendez," by Daniel Han, 08/30/2024, (Link)
- NY Times, "Menendez's Senate Replacement Has Been a Democrat for Just 5 Months," by Tracey Tully, Aug. 23, 2024, (Link)
- The New Jersey Globe, "Statements on George Helmy's U.S. Senate appointment," by Joey Fox, August 16 2024, (Link)
- Insider NJ, "George Samir Helmy Accepts Appointment to the United States Senate," August 16, 2024, (Link)
- The New Jersey Globe, "George Helmy will be new U.S. Senator from New Jersey," by David Wildstein, August 14 2024, (Link)
- On 2024 New Jersey Senate race, "NORML Smoke the Vote" (National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws), downloaded Aug. 8, 2024, Bob Menendez (Link) vs. Andy Kim (Link)
- NJ Spotlight News, "Kim and Bashaw prepare for November showdown," by David Cruz, June 17, 2024, (Link)
- New Jersey Globe, "Kim, Bashaw agree on Supreme Court's rulings on abortion and guns," by David Wildstein, June 14 2024 , (Link)
- New York Sun, "Curtis Bashaw, Garden State GOP Senate Candidate, Embraces Reagan's Message, Calling 2024 a 'Time for Choosing'," by Dean Karayanis, June 12, 2024, (Link)
- Insider NJ, "Remarks of Curtis Bashaw, New Jersey Republican Candidate for United States Senate," June 4, 2024, (Link)
- WNYC, "The Brian Lehrer Show", "Meet the Candidate: Curtis Bashaw," May 30, 2024, (Link)
- Insider NJ, "Bashaw Goes after Andy Kim," April 22, 2024, (Link)
- FOX News, "Republican aims to break decades long Senate election losing streak in this blue state," by Paul Steinhauser, April 20, 2024, (Link)
- Newark Star Ledger, "Tammy Murphy drops out of U.S. Senate race in stunning announcement," Apr. 10, 2024, Brent Johnson, (Link)
- New Jersey Globe, "Murphys join forces with Bon Jovi for Ukraine aid," by Joey Fox, April 05 2022, (Link)
- Tap Into Bayonne, "First Lady Tammy Murphy Brings Message of Love to Bayonne's Grace Lutheran Church," by Al Sullivan, September 12, 2021, (Link)
- Bergen Record (NorthJersey.com), "Undocumented immigrants get cash assistance from New Jersey pandemic charity," by Monsy Alvarado, March 7, 2021, (Link)
- Shore News Network, "Tammy Murphy Vows Fight to Protect Children From Gun Violence While Supporting Abortion Rights," by Robert Walker, November 20, 2023, (Link)
- Out in Jersey, "NJ First Lady Tammy Murphy breaks her silence," by Will Loschiavo, 10/17/2018, (Link)
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| OnTheIssues.org excerpts: (click on issues for details)
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Abortion
Curtis Bashaw: Pro-choice, but supports Dobbs decision leaving it to states.
George Helmy: Played a role in codifying Roe v. Wade into state law.
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Budget & Economy
Andy Kim: Mitigate risk of recurring damage due to extreme weather.
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Civil Rights
Tammy Murphy: Oppression of LGBTQ community is highly offensive.
Curtis Bashaw: First openly gay Republican running for NJ Senate seat.
George Helmy: Ensure all marginalized communities have a seat at the table.
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Crime
Curtis Bashaw: The lack of support for law enforcement is a problem.
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Drugs
Andy Kim: Educate the public on fentanyl & synthetic opioids.
Andy Kim: States with medicinal marijuana have 25% fewer opioid deaths.
Robert Menendez: Rated C by NORML: decriminalize medical marijuana & banking.
George Helmy: Worked with Helmy on legalization of adult-use marijuana.
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Education
Curtis Bashaw: For parental rights in public education, not woke ideology.
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Energy & Oil
Curtis Bashaw: Climate has been changing; we need energy independence.
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Foreign Policy
Tammy Murphy: Joined with Bon Jovi in fundraising for Ukrainian war relief.
Tammy Murphy: Joined with Bon Jovi in fundraising for Ukrainian war relief.
Curtis Bashaw: Israel has right to defend itself & take out terrorists.
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Government Reform
Andy Kim: No officials having stock ownership in individual companies.
Curtis Bashaw: Government should unshackle our small businesses.
Curtis Bashaw: I believe election integrity is important to all voters.
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Gun Control
Tammy Murphy: Owe it to our children to end the epidemic of gun violence.
Andy Kim: Critical that Congress pass ban on bump stocks.
Curtis Bashaw: Bump stock ban reasonable; an effective safety measure.
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Health Care
Andy Kim: Expand Medicare: cover vision, hearing, and dental benefits.
George Helmy: Covid exasperated crisis in youth mental health.
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Homeland Security
Andy Kim: Helped veteran-owned businesses compete on federal projects.
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Immigration
Tammy Murphy: Supported pandemic relief for undocumented immigrants.
Curtis Bashaw: Our wide-open southern border is a national security threat.
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Principles & Values
Andy Kim: Inject some integrity and civility back into our politics.
Tammy Murphy: Churches played an important role during the pandemic.
Curtis Bashaw: America is the greatest exception to tyranny in history.
Curtis Bashaw: I'm a Libertarian freedom guy in many, many ways.
George Helmy: Was unaffiliated; became Democrat to support candidate.
George Helmy: I consider public service a privilege.
George Helmy: First member of the Coptic Christian Church in the Senate.
George Helmy: I have never--nor will I ever--seek elected office.
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Tax Reform
Curtis Bashaw: A "fair share" shouldn't mean higher taxes.
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Technology
Curtis Bashaw: TikTok is a known national security risk from China.
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The above quotations are from 2024 New Jersey Senatorial race: debates and news coverage.
Sen. Menendez up for re-election in 2024; contenders:
NJ:
Bob Menendez(D,incumbent)
vs.Tammy Murphy(D)
vs.Andy Kim(D)
Former Senators & Senate races:
2020 New Jersey Senate debates:
 Cory Booker(D)
vs.Rik Mehta(R)
vs.Hirsh Singh(R)
vs.Stuart Meissner(R)
2018 New Jersey Senate debates:
Menendez(D)
vs. Chiesa(R)
vs.Hugin(R)
vs.Sabrin(L)
vs.Pezzullo(R)
2014 New Jersey Senate debates, Booker vs. Bell
2013 New Jersey Senate debates, Booker vs. Lonegan
2012 New Jersey Senate debates, Menendez vs. Kyrillos
2008 New Jersey Senate debate, Lautenberg vs. Zimmer
2006 New Jersey Senate debate, Kean vs. Menendez
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