It’s A Norcross Trifecta!

Congressman Donald Norcross

A year ahead of his next primary election and a year-and-a-half before his next general election matchup Democrat Congressman Donald Norcross is getting a $2,900 a head fundraiser.

That’s right! The undisputed political boss of South Jersey, “George E. Norcross, III and Philip A. Norcross cordially invite you to join them in honoring United States Representative Donald W. Norcross.”

I erased the 3-digit code next to the union logo to protect the innocent

For $2,900 bucks I would expect, at the very least, a good steak. I doubt attendees are going to get a steak, or any meal, because the event is being held outside, on the terrace at noon. So, $2,900 finger food. Must be some awesome hors d'oeuvres!

The event’s special guest is House Majority Leader Congressman Steny Hoyer. This is a guy who can raise some money!

Maybe, just maybe, Hoyer on his travel from Maryland to Tavistock will look out the car window and take notice of the area where the retaining wall at the I-295 Direct Connection project collapsed. And, considering Donald Norcross has been taking credit for getting this project going since his days in the state legislature, Hoyer might talk Norcross into kicking some of the money raised at the event back to the state to pay for the repairs.

source: https://www.donaldnorcrossforcongress.com/dn4c/

But since we all know there is no way any of the insane amount of money that gets raised May 24th at Tavistock will help pay to repair the collapsed wall maybe this event will motivate Republicans to donate to local candidates.

Folks, this is Jersey, Republicans are in the minority, which makes it tough to raise money. For us, these $2,900 a head fundraisers are few and far between. As such, we aren’t going to match the Democrats dollar-for-dollar, but we can raise enough to compete – at least enough to help our candidates get their messages out. Palm cards, mailers, signs, they all cost money!

Hopefully, the Norcross brothers raising $2,900 a person for the other Norcross a year and a half before his next general election is enough to motivate everyone to kick-in a little bit to our candidates.

PRESS RELEASE: Unbought And Unbossed Gustafson Launches Digital Ad

Republican candidate in CD1, Claire Gustafson, launched her first digital campaign ad today. Her press release follows, as does the ad:

Borrowing a campaign slogan from Shirley Chisholm’s 1968 congressional campaign Republican candidate for Congress in New Jersey’s First Congressional District, Claire Gustafson, launched a video titled “Unbought, Unbossed” today as part of her digital advertising campaign.

“It’s been 100 years since women won the right to vote and in the First Congressional District it’s still the good old boys’ network of the South Jersey political cartel that decided who our congressman is.” Claire Gustafson said, “Considering no woman has ever been elected to Congress in this district it makes sense that I borrowed the campaign slogan of a trailblazer like Shirley Chisholm for our campaign ads.”

“When she announced her campaign for President in 1972 Chisholm said, ‘I am not the candidate of any political bosses or fat cats or special interests,’ the same is true of my campaign, it’s powered by grassroots supporters and grassroots donors.” Gustafson continued, “And, like I say in the ad, I don’t have a political boss for a big brother. Unlike Donald Norcross, I’m unbought and unbossed.”

“I look forward to a spirited rest of the campaign and will continue to lay out the differences between Donald Norcross’s record in our district and my vision for our district,” Gustafson said.

This ad can be viewed at https://youtu.be/ayej-RZdrAI and is the first in a series of ads the Gustafson campaign plans on releasing.

PRESS RELEASE: Donald Norcross Hasn’t Worked With The Tools Since 1993

Claire Gustafson, the Republican running against Donald Norcross in CD1, said today tat a union boss’s suggestion that Norcross would make a good Labor Secretary is ridiculous. She also called the Congressman our for his support of project labor agreements. Her press release follows:

Republican candidate for Congress in New Jersey’s First Congressional District, Claire Gustafson, took issue with a recent news report that suggested Congressman Donald Norcross would be a good candidate for US Labor Secretary in a Joe Biden administration.

“For a union boss to suggest Donald Norcross should be the Secretary of Labor because ‘we need somebody who has worked with their hands, especially a construction guy’ is ridiculous.” Claire Gustafson said, “The suggestion he works with his hands is laughable when you consider that according to an October 2014 labor publication Norcross hasn’t ‘worked with the tools’ since 1993. To put that in perspective Norcross hasn’t worked with the tools since before President Bill Clinton met Monica Lewinsky.”

Gustafson added, “But Norcross did say in that publication that he kept his ‘card, and kept coming to meetings.’ If going to meetings makes you a union laborer then the fact that I interact with union labor at industry trade shows for my business makes me union labor too.”

“For all his talk of supporting working men and women, one has to wonder what working men and women Norcross supports.” Gustafson continued, “Obviously not private contractors given the fact that in a 2015 interview Norcross bragged that he ‘negotiated well over 100 project labor agreements’ and then complained that, despite the fact President Obama issued an executive order allowing for project labor agreements with the federal government, there hadn’t been enough PLAs.”

“Obviously Norcross doesn’t care that project labor agreements hurt working men and women by creating an unlevel playing field with restrictions placed on the hiring and working practices of private contractors.” Gustafson said, “Rather than using National Women’s Equality Day as a campaign tool today Donald Norcross might show some equality to the numerous women owned private contracting firms by leveling the playing field and ending his support of project labor agreements.”