New Jersey State Senator Tom Kean Jr. made it clear again today that he will be a candidate in 2006 for the US Senate from New Jersey [link]. Kean still hasn’t officially announced his plans, but every indication is that he will run. Early polls show the Union County republican beating almost all the potential democrat candidates for the job.

Unfortunately for Kean, he may face a republican challenger in an unneccesary and costly primary. Republican assemblyman Mike Doherty is making noise about running against Kean, and it appears Doherty wants to act like Steve Lonegan did in this years governor’s primary, and that is to attack the front runner from the political right. Doherty would have almost no chance of winning, but he could damage Kean enough to help send him to defeat in the general election. If state GOP chairman Tom Wilson wants to do something to help the republican party, he should call Mr. Doherty and not so subtly ask him to sit out this race.

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