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New Jersey is my home state. I have been a legal resident of the state for the past five years, and not too long ago I finally registered to vote there. It was exciting, yet at the same time I thought to myself, "Well, New Jersey is as blue as the sky. My vote for the Republican party will not change much.
Chris Christie's election victory was a "watershed moment" for social and fiscal conservatives who have long struggled to succeed in New Jersey's politically liberal landscape, Republicans say. Candidates who — like Christie — oppose abortion, tax increases and government expansion...
Chris Daggett suffered from the campaign ailment common to all independents — relatively little money, low name recognition, a ballot position that required a GPS unit to locate.
Republicans have been downright giddy following the off-year elections in Virginia and New Jersey. In a swing state and a blue state, Republicans pulled off significant victories with Chris Christie's defeat of Gov. John Corzine and Robert McDonnell defeating Creigh Deeds.
October polling numbers did not translate to Election Day results for Independent challenger Chris Daggett.
Losing the Virginia and New Jersey governorships hurt. Local factors played a part, but these are major states. So it matters why the Democrats lost...
Leading Republicans weren't expecting the party to have their epic comeback until the 2010 midterm elections. Following two highly publicized governor's races in New Jersey and Virginia, and the shocking results to reject same-sex marriage in Maine, it's safe to say the GOP is mobilized and back in action.
WASHINGTON (AP) — An ebullient Republican Party Chairman Michael Steele asserted Wednesday that GOP victories in governors’ races in New Jersey and Virginia demonstrate “a transcendent party” on the move again. Democratic Party Chairman Tim Kaine said that nothing about the election returns amounted to a repudiation of President Barack Obama.
New Jersey residents said their piece at the ballot boxes Tuesday night, electing a new governor.
http://www.JewishWorldReview.com | As the final votes were being counted, it was possible to draw some lessons from Republican Bob McDonnell's victory in Virginia and the close, three-way governor's race in New Jersey, never mind that White House press secretary Robert Gibbs has taken to saying that the elections don't mean much.
The University of Delaware's influence in the political world has grown with the election of a Blue Hen as governor of New Jersey.
