New Jersey rejects Carl Lewis's bid for state Senate

Secretary of State Kim Guadagno rejected the 49-year-old's bid to run for state Senate as a Democrat.
Ms Guadagno, a Republican who also serves as the state's lieutenant governor, overturned an earlier decision by an administrative law judge that said Mr Lewis should be allowed to run because Republicans had not proved Mr Lewis failed to meet the requirements.

"Mr Lewis did not yet own his home in New Jersey, did not otherwise live in New Jersey, did not file his taxes in New Jersey, was not registered to vote in New Jersey and did not have his business in New Jersey," Ms Guadagno said in her decision.
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