WATCH: Gov. Who? Many in N.J. have no idea who's running our state.

Newark Star-Ledger ^ | April 26, 2018 | Claude Brodesser-Akner,

[GuavaCheesePuff]

It's been half a year since Phil Murphy was elected governor and more than 100 days since he's been on the job. But few people know seem to know this. Earlier this month, a Stockton University Poll found that Murphy remains a virtual unknown to a sizable part of the population. One in three respondents said they were either not familiar with Murphy (10 percent) or were unsure of what to think of him (23 percent). Can it really be that a state of 9 million people knows little to nothing about its chief executive? We decided to put it to the test.

[lee martell]

If you’re talking about stage presence, former mayor Chris Christie was such a unique and dominant personality, most succeeding mayor would pale in comparison.

The same thing happened in San Francisco after Gavin Newsome
left the mayor’s office. Mike Lee took over, and was a very low key kind of politician. San Fran is used to overblown personas such as Willie Brown. Mike Lee was more dedicated to getting things done, vs setting the moral tone for his agenda.

[JimRed]

Still hatin’ on Christie. Murphy who?

[pepsi_junkie]

Mike Lee was more dedicated to getting things done, vs setting the moral tone for his agenda.

Phil Murphy is dedicated to raising fees and taxes to the point where everyone will know and curse the SOBs name.

[Wuli]

So many folks are too busy leaving NJ to notice who are it’s top politicians.

https://www.northjersey.com/story/money/2017/01/04/nj-still-tops-list-states-losing-residents/96108416/

[BubbaBasher]

"and more than 100 days since he's been on the job"

I hate poor righting. No wonder nobody knows him. It's been more than 100 days since he has been on the job. What a slacker.

[Red Badger]

That explains Menendez..................

[NohSpinZone]

Mike Lee? You mean Ed Lee? The guy who died in office?

[lee martell]

Yes! Ed Lee. Not Mike.
You see that, even I forgot about him already.

[BookmanTheJanitor]

The people leaving know who the Gov. is...I bet :o)

[NohSpinZone]

Hahahahahaha!

[I want the USA back]

He’s a lightweight compared to Chris Christie.

[certrtwngnut]

Maybe it was Stagger Lee?

[NohSpinZone]

Well, he might have staggered before keeling over.

Too soon?

[gr8eman]

One in three respondents said they were either not familiar with Murphy (10 percent) or were unsure of what to think of him (23 percent).

LOL! They're sure going to find out who he is when ALL of their taxes go up and they get the bills!

[j.argese]

Left the Garden State 3 years ago. I fear for my friends and laugh at the suckers.

[Liz]

Betcha lots of people are p***ed off at the guv for not weighing on the asinine Hillary suck-up----
the P/A Commissioner from NJ caught on tape who likes to lord it all over the "little people."

What is he? A man or a mouse?

Oh wait....he's a Democrat. ROTFLOL.

[chuckee]

The new dude is Jon Corzine 2.0, rich Goldman guy buying himself a governorship and prepared to tax and spend the state into oblivion. A typical Goldman clown who spent a career in finance and still does not know the first thing about it.

[chuckee]

Fleeing Connecticut for New Jersey is like fleeing Hiroshima for Nagasaki.

[shanover]

Murphy said he would turn NJ into pot legal and sanctuary state. Nobody had the time to care. Kim Gaudagno put up a weak fight, had zero GOP support and nobody bothers to campaign in South Jersey. NJ is ruled from Trenton on up. I will be leaving soon.