They are both playing a dirty mail game in the spunky Third Congressional District Republican Primary, with David Richter opting for the Katie Gibbs vulnerability that mysteriously surfaced in an Asbury Park Press story (above) as the rivals headed into an Ocean County convention that Richter won.

In addition, the financially well-connected Richter went up on TV to introduce himself to voters in the district curently served by U.S. Rep. Andy Kim (D-3). Burlington County Times reporter David Levinsky has that story here.

Increasingly ugly, with the two sides failing to reach terms for a virtual debate, Gibbs continues to place her hopes in Burlington, where she has the line; while Richter plays off his organization backing in Ocean.