Rep. Lance, Tea Party Candidate Little to Speak at Republican Fundraiser

Congressman Leonard Lance will be the keynote speaker at a fundraising dinner for the in Woodbridge.

The $75 a plate dinner is being held for the Right Choice for Republicans team at the Elks Club on Rahway Ave. at 7 pm Friday, Oct. 27. Tickets for the dinner can be obtained by calling 732-734-1459.

Anna Little, who ran a congressional campaign last year in the 6th District against long term incumbent Democrat Frank Pallone, will also be a featured speaker.

The 2010 congressional campaign of Little, the former mayor of Highlands, sparked some interest because Little was one of the Tea Party candidates in the state. She lost to Pallone's $4 million war chest by 11 points in a race that was a lot tighter than 12-term incumbent Pallone had previously faced.

Little also won Monmouth County, Pallone's home turf. She has promised a rematch next year in news articles.

Lance, who represents the 7th District which includes Woodbridge, has endorsed the Woodbridge Republican slate of candidates. Christopher Struben, a Woodbridge attorney, heads the ticket to run against the mayoral incumbent, John McCormac. 

Along with Sue Boros, a Republican council candidate who won in the primary and Pete Kothari, who is running for a third ward council seat, the Right Choice candidates include Walter Kazmarek, Jr., Debra Reinhart, and Eduardo Ascolese. They are running for four at-large council seats against Democrats incumbents James Carroll, Gregg Ficarra, and Brenda Yori Velasco. Mccormac appointed Kyle Anderson an at-large seat and Michele Charmello the vacant third ward slot. Both newcomers are running for election next month.