[Sooth2222]

Strange as it may seem, the 12 seats in New Jersey’s House delegation in Washington are split 6-6 between Democrats and Republicans.

The NJ Republicans won the gerrymander for the Congressional redistricting as a result of the 2010 Census. Unfortunately, the NJ Democrat's map won for the legislature.

Lonegan's 44-55 loss (with 6277/6330 precincts) is actually better than almost every poll. Plus he was outspent 10-1. If the Republican Party had actually put some effort into this, who knows?

[Alberta's Child]

1. The GOP has done well in recent redistricting battles because the Democrats have a habit of running complete losers at the state level in elections before Census years (see Jim Florio in 1989 and Jon Corzine in 2009).

2. I don't think the national GOP will ever take New Jersey seriously in a U.S. Senate race. Heck, the Democrats don't really take these races seriously outside New Jersey, either.