GALLOWAY TOWNSHIP, N.J. (AP) — Texas Gov. Rick Perry is joining New Jersey Republican candidate Steve Lonegan on the campaign trail.

The pair will discuss the federal health care overhaul, which takes effect Tuesday, during two town hall meetings in Galloway and Berkeley townships.

Perry also will participate in a Lonegan rally in Hasbrouck Heights.

Lonegan is running against Democrat Cory Booker in this month's special election to serve the remaining term of the late U.S. Sen. Frank Lautenberg.

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