[hobbes1]

Could the Jersey Senate race be over, already?

This is not good news. Not at all. To Wit:

NJ State Law.19:3-26. Vacancies in United States senate; election to fill; temporary appointment by governor
If a vacancy shall happen in the representation of this state in the United States senate, it shall be filled at the general election next succeeding the happening thereof, unless such vacancy shall happen within thirty days next preceding such election, in which case it shall be filled by election at the second succeeding general election, unless the governor of this state shall deem it advisable to call a special election therefor, which he is authorized hereby to do. The governor of this state may make a temporary appointment of a senator of the United States from this state whenever a vacancy shall occur by reason of any cause other than the expiration of the term; and such appointee shall serve as such senator until a special election or general election shall have been held pursuant to law and the board of state canvassers can deliver to his successor a certificate of election.

Forrester Better get his ass to court.Pronto.

[xsmommy]

that can't possibly be permitted to go on, lest in every close election the potentially losing incumbent resign and have a replacement be made by a same party governor. what a blatant political ploy.

[NeoCaveman]

If a vacancy shall happen in the representation of this state in the United States senate, it shall be filled at the general election next succeeding the happening thereof, unless such vacancy shall happen within thirty days next preceding such election,

It's 36 days from the election, I don't like the sound of this.

[Robert A Cook PE]

Don't count out such deceptions either.

We had a (GA State) representative who sat at the registration desk for several hours on the last day of registration, telling the GA Republican Party he was waiting to see who was going to run against him as a democrat ....

(This was after they had been funding his preliminary campaign operations for that seat, since he was one of the few incumbent republicans from that area.

15 minutes before the deadline, he switched parties, and registered as a democrat for HIS OWN spot that he had held as a republican.

It was, of course, too late to get another person down there and so the Republicans couldn't qualify another candidate.

(And the state elections supervisor (a democrat, of course) fell right in line and approved the whole thing.)