Campaigns For Governor, Congress
On December 1, 2008 Lonegan announced that he would run for the Republican nomination for Governor of New Jersey, his second run for the seat. Lonegan promised to cut the size of state government by more than 20% and said he would run on the issues of property taxes, school funding and affordable housing. Lonegan sought to run as a conservative alternative to the more centrist candidate, former U.S. Prosecutor Christopher Christie. On June 2, Lonegan lost the primary to Christie by a 55–42% vote.
Lonegan ran for the Republican nomination for Governor in the state's 2005 elections and finished fourth after the nominee, businessman Doug Forrester, former Jersey City Mayor Bret Schundler and Morris County Freeholder John Murphy.
In 1998 Lonegan ran unsuccessfully for New Jersey’s Ninth Congressional District seat against then-freshman Rep. Steve Rothman.
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