2010 John Adler

adler lost 2010 midterm election republican nominee jon runyan. adler received 47.3% of vote, while runyan received more half votes cast. runyan former philadelphia eagles star , mount laurel resident.

in addition runyan, adler challenged nj tea party nominee peter destefano, libertarian nominee russ conger, , country again nominee lawrence j. donahue.

republicans heavily targeted seat in election cycle. warning sign adler came in new jersey gubernatorial race in 2009, when republican candidate chris christie carried adler s district 17 points on democratic governor jon corzine governor christie campaigned hard runyan, calling adler career politician .

some democratic operatives asserted adler campaign staffers , camden county democratic committee (ccdc) recruited tea party candidate peter destefano in attempt split conservative vote , benefit adler. new jersey tea party groups said had never heard of destefano until had strong showing in july poll released adler campaign. on october 8, 2010, associated press reported, based on details of earlier article @ courierpostonline.com, there mounting evidence democrats recruited destefano. article noted democratic party employee ran destefano s website , many of signatures on destefano s nominating petitions belonged democrats - including former adler campaign staffer. reportedly, steve ayscue, paid head of operations ccdc, , geoff mackler, adler s campaign manager, presented plan @ ccdc headquarters during may 26 meeting of south jersey young democrats, , of present joined in circulating petition place peter destefano on ballot. adler denied allegations. destefano called suggestion democratic plant bunch of crap . in end, destefano garnered 1.5% of vote.