A source this weekend told InsiderNJ that GOP fundraiser Chuck Shotmeyer is no longer in the running to challenge U.S. Rep. Josh Gottheimer (D-5) in 2018.

That leaves the momentary smart money on Sam Raia, chair of the New Jersey Republican Party, a moneyed Saddle River mayor whom sources say has an interest in challenging for the seat.

Republicans held CD5 going back to 1933, before Gottheimer snatched it last year from incumbent U.S. Rep. Scott Garrett.