On the GOP side, former Bogota, New Jersey, Mayor Steve Lonegan says he’ll run. Other possible candidates include Lt. Gov. Kim Guadagno, Rep. Jon Runyan, and biotech executive John Crowley. State senators Joe Kyrillos and Tom Kean Jr., who’ve both run for U.S. Senate in the past, seem to be leaning against making another bid this time around. Assembly Minority Leader Jon Bramnic has said he won’t run.

Runyan. Oh, good. All we need in the U.S. Senate is another brain-dead meathead.