Steve Lonegan discusses his bid for a U.S. Senate seat in New Jersey

 Former Bogota Mayor Steve Lonegan stands with a box of petitions to run for U.S. Senate to be delivered to the state division of elections in Trenton, N.J., Monday, June 10, 2013. Four Democrats and two Republicans are in the special election to fill the U.S. Senate seat that opened when Frank Lautenberg died last week. (AP Photo/Mel Evans)

Former Bogota Mayor Steve Lonegan stands with a box of petitions to run for U.S. Senate to be delivered to the state division of elections in Trenton, N.J., Monday, June 10, 2013. Four Democrats and two Republicans are in the special election to fill the U.S. Senate seat that opened when Frank Lautenberg died last week. (AP Photo/Mel Evans)

The field was finalized Monday, and in a mere two months and two days, New Jersey primary voters will select candidates to run for the U.S. Senate seat left vacant by the late Frank Lautenberg.

Four Democrats and two Republicans have tossed their hats into the ring.

NewsWorks Tonight host Dave Heller spoke with one from the G.O.P., Steve Lonegan, until recently the mayor of the small North Jersey town of Bogota.

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