Showing posts with label Christopher ‘Kip’ Bateman. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Christopher ‘Kip’ Bateman. Show all posts

Tuesday, November 5, 2013

A Couple of Sure Bets

NJ Assemblyman Jack Ciattarelli (R), left,  and
NJ Senator Christopher ‘Kip’ Bateman (R) chat,
as they await the arrival of Governor Chris Christie
for a Town Meeting held at the Raritan Valley Community
 College on April 11, 2013
In New Jersey on this Election Day there are, as always, seats that the incumbents are sure to retain.  Two of those are currently held by State Assemblyman Jack Ciattarelli (R) and State Senator Christopher ‘Kip’ Bateman in Legislative District 16. 

I was unable to vote on their behalf today, because I find myself in another district.  (If you want to get an idea of how the political sausage is made, check out this official color map of New Jersey’s hacked up districts.)  But I digress.
Were these two public servants within my district, they would have had my votes.  Bateman has held progressively responsive positions in the New Jersey Legislature for almost twenty years.  He is one of the sons of former NJ Senate President Raymond Bateman who was also a contender for the NJ Governorship in 1977.