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April 07, 2008
Collins' foe faces primary challenge

A political nemesis of Republican Sen. Susan Collins is facing a primary challenge.

Sen. Frank Lautenberg, a New Jersey Democrat, pestered Collins for years to hold hearings into Halliburton and other civilian contractors in Iraq. Collins said any investigations would have been duplicative and that other offices were keeping her committee abreast of waste, fraud and abuse.

Now, Lautenberg, 84, faces a primary challenge from Rep. Rob Andrews, a 50-year-old Democrat, who has been itching to win statewide for the last 10 years (he lost a gubernatorial primary race in 1997).

Lautenberg is heavily favored. He served for 18 years, took a two-year hiatus and won again after Sen. Robert Torrecelli, a Democrat, announced he would not run again in 2002.

Even though Lautenberg is heavily favored and New Jersey's GOP's top picks have decided not to run, primaries are never easy to win and, in politics, anything can happen. That has to have Collins smiling.

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