New Jersey will remain a deep “blue” state for decades. But one of the peculiarities of its election process is that its state elections are held in “off-off-years” (2021, 2023, 2025, etc.). This is why Republicans can still be elected governor there even while the state hasn’t elected a Republican to the U.S. Senate in something like 50 years.
Voter turnout and candidate enthusiasm are big factors in these elections. That’s why the Democrats recognize the possibility of losing there in November.
But a Republican governor can go a long way in tamping down election fraud.
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You are correct that the author of that article is giddy with Hopium.
Sherrill is likely to win by 10 points; she’s up by over 20 in the latest we-don’t-like-it-therefore-it’s-bogus poll. Jack Ciatarelli Round Two isn’t registering much on the enthusiasm meter and Virginia is likely to be a blooodbath too at all levels. Things may change by November but, just like in 2017-2018, the anti-Trump, anti-Republican hatred is palpable. “Experts” will blame this November’s results on “bad Republican candidates”, however (they are already doing so in Virginia, a pretty sure sign of impending defeat there).
The author also got a bit carried away as illustrated by this howler, or he really has no idea about campaign spending figures:
“And the Democratic Party is essentially admitting there’s a problem for them in the state by flooding millions of dollars into the gubernatorial race. You don’t pour millions into a safe seat unless you’re worried it’s about to slip through your fingers. The panic is palpable.”
Democrats have all the money in the world to campaign with and they ROUTINELY spend millions upon millions anywhere and everywhere they wish to do so.
Since we’re on the subject of gubernatorial elections here, check out recent ones in utterly safe states like California, Illinois, Maryland or ANY state where Rats were heavily favored, and look how much they spent compared to their utterly hapless GOP “rivals” — and that’s even true when the Rat had no viable primary challenge either, and therefore there was NOTHING to warrant spending so much except to spread around all that laundered money from billionaires.
The idea that Democrats only spend big $$$$ when they are in a “panic” is asinine.