LittleSis: Douglas R Forrester

Born in California and educated at Harvard and the Princeton Theological Seminary, Mr. Forrester briefly considered becoming a minister. He dabbled for a while in public service, working as a council member and mayor of tiny West Windsor, N.J., from 1979 to 1983 and as state pension director under Gov. Thomas H. Kean. Mr. Forrester did not flourish, however, until he entered the business world. In 1990, he founded Benecard Services, a company that manages pharmacy benefits. While Mr. Forrester will not reveal its precise value, a financial disclosure form filed in 2002 indicated that his 51 percent stake in the company was worth more than $50 million dollars. That wealth helped Mr. Forrester win over wary Republicans in 2002, when he reentered New Jersey politics as suddenly as an unexpected guest. He spent $3 million to win the primary for United States Senate and was poised to pull off the unlikely feat of defeating the incumbent, Robert G. Torricelli, who was troubled by ethics questions. But six weeks before Election Day, Democrats replaced Mr. Torricelli with retired Senator Frank R. Lautenberg, and when the State Supreme Court allowed the candidate swap to stand - even though it took place after the deadline for placing candidates on the ballot - he went on to defeat Mr. Forrester.

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Bradford M Freeman	Richard Burr, Mel Martinez, Arlen Specter, John Thune, David Vitter, Phil Gramm, George Nethercutt, George W Bush, National Republican Congressional Committee, New Jersey Republican State Committee, Gregory Edward Walcher, Billy Tauzin III
Josephine Templeton	Richard Burr, Thomas Allen Coburn, Mel Martinez, Arlen Specter, John Thune, David Vitter, George Nethercutt, George W Bush, National Republican Congressional Committee, New Jersey Republican State Committee, Dick Zimmer, Thomas H Kean Jr
Stephen F Brauer	Richard Burr, Thomas Allen Coburn, Jeff Fortenberry, Mel Martinez, Arlen Specter, John Thune, David Vitter, Phil Gramm, George Nethercutt, George W Bush, National Republican Congressional Committee, Gregory Edward Walcher
Thomas L Kempner Jr	Richard Burr, Thomas Allen Coburn, Scott Garrett, Mel Martinez, Hugh James Saxton, Richard Shelby, Arlen Specter, John Thune, George W Bush, National Republican Congressional Committee, Suzanne Haik Terrell, Gregory Edward Walcher
Joseph Petrone	Richard Burr, Thomas Allen Coburn, Jeff Fortenberry, John Thune, David Vitter, Phil Gramm, George Nethercutt, George W Bush, National Republican Congressional Committee, New Jersey Republican State Committee, Gregory Edward Walcher, Billy Tauzin III
Jack R. Anderson	Richard Burr, Thomas Allen Coburn, Mel Martinez, Arlen Specter, John Thune, David Vitter, Phil Gramm, George Nethercutt, George W Bush, National Republican Congressional Committee, Suzanne Haik Terrell, Garabed Haytaian
Patrick G Ryan	Richard Burr, Mel Martinez, Arlen Specter, John Thune, David Vitter, Phil Gramm, George Nethercutt, George W Bush, National Republican Congressional Committee, Thomas H Kean Jr, Gregory Edward Walcher, Billy Tauzin III
John J Mack	Richard Burr, Mel Martinez, Richard Shelby, Arlen Specter, John Thune, David Vitter, Phil Gramm, George Nethercutt, George W Bush, National Republican Congressional Committee, Gregory Edward Walcher, Billy Tauzin III
Stewart W Bainum Jr	Richard Burr, Thomas Allen Coburn, Mel Martinez, Arlen Specter, John Thune, David Vitter, George Nethercutt, George W Bush, National Republican Congressional Committee, Dick Zimmer, Thomas H Kean Jr, Garabed Haytaian
Lee Beaman	Richard Burr, Thomas Allen Coburn, Scott Garrett, Mel Martinez, Arlen Specter, John Thune, David Vitter, Phil Gramm, George Nethercutt, George W Bush, National Republican Congressional Committee, Suzanne Haik Terrell
James A Patterson	Richard Burr, Thomas Allen Coburn, Richard Shelby, Arlen Specter, John Thune, David Vitter, Phil Gramm, George Nethercutt, George W Bush, National Republican Congressional Committee, New Jersey Republican State Committee, Dick Zimmer
Robert Rowling	Richard Burr, Thomas Allen Coburn, Mel Martinez, John Thune, David Vitter, Phil Gramm, George Nethercutt, George W Bush, National Republican Congressional Committee, New Jersey Republican State Committee, Thomas H Kean Jr, Suzanne Haik Terrell
Andrew C Taylor	Richard Burr, Thomas Allen Coburn, Jeff Fortenberry, Mel Martinez, Arlen Specter, John Thune, David Vitter, Phil Gramm, George Nethercutt, George W Bush, National Republican Congressional Committee, Gregory Edward Walcher
Ramona S Bass	Richard Burr, Thomas Allen Coburn, Jeff Fortenberry, Mel Martinez, John Thune, David Vitter, Phil Gramm, George Nethercutt, George W Bush, National Republican Congressional Committee, Gregory Edward Walcher, Billy Tauzin III
Irene Auriana	Richard Burr, Thomas Allen Coburn, Michael Ferguson, Jeff Fortenberry, John Thune, David Vitter, George Nethercutt, George W Bush, National Republican Congressional Committee, Thomas H Kean Jr, Gregory Edward Walcher, Billy Tauzin III
Thomas E McInerney	Richard Burr, Mel Martinez, John Thune, David Vitter, George Nethercutt, George W Bush, National Republican Congressional Committee, New Jersey Republican State Committee, Dick Zimmer, Thomas H Kean Jr, Gregory Edward Walcher, Billy Tauzin III
Jeffrey M Mackinnon	Richard Burr, Thomas Allen Coburn, Michael Ferguson, Scott Garrett, Mel Martinez, Richard Shelby, Arlen Specter, John Thune, David Vitter, Phil Gramm, George W Bush, National Republican Congressional Committee
Thomas Cash	Richard Burr, Thomas Allen Coburn, Mel Martinez, Arlen Specter, John Thune, David Vitter, George Nethercutt, George W Bush, New Jersey Republican State Committee, Dick Zimmer, Thomas H Kean Jr, Suzanne Haik Terrell
James R Moffett	Richard Burr, Thomas Allen Coburn, Jeff Fortenberry, Arlen Specter, John Thune, David Vitter, Phil Gramm, George W Bush, National Republican Congressional Committee, Gregory Edward Walcher, Garabed Haytaian, Billy Tauzin III
Christopher Collins	Richard Burr, Michael Ferguson, Mel Martinez, Arlen Specter, John Thune, David Vitter, George Nethercutt, George W Bush, National Republican Congressional Committee, Suzanne Haik Terrell, Gregory Edward Walcher, Billy Tauzin III

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