Steve Lenox

Frank Lautenberg may be 84-years-old, but he's still a Paterson boy who's not afraid of a brawl.  And when a labor leader unhappy with his position on immigration reform balked at including the Democratic U.S. Senator's campaign literature in a New Jersey AFL-CIO GOTV program, Lautenberg had to be restrained from a physical altercation.

According to labor sources familiar with the incident, Don Capasso, the Assistant Business Manager of Plumbers Local 14 United Association of New Jersey walked his members out of the Boilermakers Local 27 hall in Bayonne just prior to Lautenberg's arrival there. 

Lautenberg district director Steve Lenox, Andrews chief Bill Caruso, and Democrats 2000 executive board member Elizabeth Meyers

SEA GIRT - It was a happy political scene to walk into there in the basement of the Parker House last night, as Obama button-clad volunteers with clipboards approached Hudson County political operatives and asked them if they wanted to sign on to help with the campaign.

Some of the latter were onetime Hillary Clinton backers for whom the change-up to Obama is a painful perhaps but ultimately natural function of primary politics.

They didn’t need the enthusiastic prodding of volunteers to get them to go there.

"We’re already on board," said Jason O’Donnell, chairman of the Bayonne City Regular Democratic Organization.

U.S. Sen. Frank Lautenberg has picked state AFL-CIO staffer Steve Lenox as his new District Director.  Lenox replaces Joseph Waks, who stepped down to pursue other opportunities.

Democrats 2000 Pushes for Support of Young Democrats Running in Key Campaigns
Organization Releases Annual 'Recommended List,' Direct Mail Piece to Encourage Young Voters to Get to the Polls on November 7

Jamesburg, NJ -In the final two-week homestretch of Election Season 2006, Democrats 2000, the state/s largest network of professional democrats under age 40, released its annual "Recommended List" to highlight younger generation candidates seeking election at all levels of New Jersey government.

For Release:
September 15, 2006

Contact: Steve Lenox
(732) 496-7915

SENATOR BOB MENENDEZ TO PARTICIPATE IN BOWL-A-THON SALUTING NJ's UP-AND-COMING GENERATION

Event Hosted by Largest Statewide Organization for Young Professional Democrats
to Raise Funds to Support Party and Candidates Under 40

Jamesburg- Democrats 2000, New Jersey's largest and most active organization for young professional Democrats, will host their annual Fall Classic Saturday evening to bring together supporters and energize young voters across the State in support of Democratic candidates running this year at the local, county and national level. Funds raised at this Democratic Bowl-A-Thon will be used to support the campaigns of young candidates running in November as well as to educate young voters about this year's elections.

DEMOCRATS 2000 AND MONMOUTH COUNTY YOUNG DEMOCRATS TO CO-HOST HAPPY HOUR IN RED BANK

RED BANK - On Wednesday, July 19, Democrats 2000 and the Monmouth County Young Democrats will co-host a happy hour at the Dublin House in Red Bank, to give area progressives and young professionals a chance to network and share ideas about the future of the Democratic Party.

"Not realizing the tremendous impact government has on our day to day lives, young people often feel no connection between themselves and elected officials," said Democrats 2000 President Steve Lenox. "Events like this one offer those who don't usually give politics a second thought an opportunity to engage key decision makers in informal and comfortable settings and discuss the issues that matter most to them."

"Monmouth County is on the front-lines when it comes to spreading the progressive message of socially responsible government working for the people it represents," said Dan Reilly, of Belmar, President of the Monmouth Young Dems. "We're happy to be working with Democrats 2000 to give the progressive voice a forum to be heard, and to bring Democrats in the Monmouth area together to have a good time."

Democrats 2000: 50 Candidates Age 40 and Younger Deserve Support
2005 "Recommended List" is Largest, Diverse Compilation of Younger Generation Candidates