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<p>WASHINGTON -- The U.S. Supreme Court won't hear New Jersey Republicans' challenge to Democrats replacing Sen. Robert Torricelli on the ballot for November elections.</p> <p>The GOP was hoping to overturn a ruling from New Jersey's highest court that allowed former senator Frank Lautenberg to replace Torricelli as the Democratic Senate candidate.</p>

For immediate release: October 1, 2002 For further information contact Winnie Comfort, AOC (609) 292-9580 Supreme Court Oral Arguments in the Matter of the New Jersey US Senate Election The New Jersey Supreme Court will hear oral argument in the matter of The New Jersey Democratic Party et al. v. Hon. David G. Samsom et al. in the Supreme Court courtroom on the 8th floor of the Richard J. Hughes Justice Complex, Market St., Trenton, at 10:00 a.m. on Wed., Oct. 2. The Court's Order setting the hearing and addressing other issues is available on the Judiciary Web site home...

<p>This suburban community some 30 miles southwest of New York City should be safe territory for Sen. Robert Torricelli as he seeks re-election this fall.</p> <p>Nearly 60 percent of voters here, many of them white- collar moderates, went for the Democrat in his first Senate bid six years ago.</p>