Doubling Down — A state Assembly hopeful may be disqualified at the starting block because he already holds a government position.

A suit filed Thursday in Hudson County charges that Carmelo Garcia, head of the Hoboken Housing Authority, is ineligible for a 33rd District seat because a state regulation, N.J.A.C. 4A:10-1.2, bars those principally employed "in connection with a program financed in whole or in part by Federal funds or loans" from holding elected office.