Releasing his third positive, issue-based cable television commercial this summer, businessman Scott Sipprelle (NJ-12) chided career politicians in Washington, DC, telling them “It’s time to put that credit card away,” while touching upon his plans to cut reckless spending and rein in out-of-control debt.

Scott Sipprelle vs. Rush Holt, New Jersey’s 12th District. Sipprelle — a Princeton-based venture capitalist — had $490,000 in cash on hand as of June 30 and has committed to match at least the first $1 million in donations to his campaign. New Jersey was a reliably Democratic state until Chris Christie’s win last year; now Obama’s approval rating is even with his disapproval rating — 47–47 in Quinnipiac — and Holt remains one of the most liberal members of Congress. Christie won four of the five counties whose parts make up Holt’s district.

Tucked into the corner of the more than 260,000 mailers sent out by Rep. Rush Holt’s (D-Hopewell) Washington, D.C., office between the beginning of January and the end of March of this year is a postmark, written in fine print. “Official Business,” it reads. “This mailing was prepared, published, and mailed at taxpayer expense.”

Businessman Scott Sipprelle challenged career politician Rush Holt to stop hiding in his internet bunker and publicly defend the negative personal attacks and fabricated issues stands attributed to Sipprelle on Holt’s remade web site.

Saying it underscores how completely out-of-touch Rush Holt (NJ-12) is with growing concerns about wasteful federal spending and government transparency, businessman Scott Sipprelle today criticized Holt for spending large amounts of taxpayer money to boost his re-election campaign and called on him to release up-to-date reports of his spending totals on so-called “constituent outreach.”

Calling incumbent Congressman Rush Holt’s continued silence on the serious ethical scandal swirling around Congressman Charlie Rangel (D-NY) “deafening,” Republican challenger Scott Sipprelle today challenged Holt to speak publicly about Rangel and join a growing bipartisan chorus calling for his resignation from the United States House of Representatives.

In front of a crowd of supporters at his campaign headquarters, Scott Sipprelle, the Republican candidate seeking to unseat Democrat Rush Holt in the 12th congressional district election this November, presented his plans to resuscitate the struggling job market.

While New Jersey is famous for many things, diners are arguably one of our state’s most famous contributions to American culture. It is true one can certainly find them elsewhere, but it was our state that was widely regarded as having perfected the art of the diner. The image of a chrome-coated eatery equipped with sparkling silver booths and counters lined with grilled burgers has become a staple of New Jersey’s culture.

Since his campaign began earlier this year, businessman Scott Sipprelle (NJ-12) has raised $829,059.99 and, weeks into a substantial cable television buy introducing himself to District 12 voters, he will report $489,785.84 cash-on-hand as of June 30.

Congressional hopeful Scott Sipprelle introduced his television advertisement with a press conference last Thursday at his Alexander Road campaign headquarters. Running for the House of Representatives seat in the 12th District as a Republican, Mr. Sipprelle is challenging incumbent Rush Holt.