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Republican Jewish Coalition Executive Director Matthew Brooks commented today on a post-election poll done by McLaughlin & Associates in New Jersey on November 3 and 4, 2009: "Recently released post-election poll results from New Jersey show that Republican Chris Christie won 38% of the Jewish vote this year in his run for governor. We are pleased by Christie's strong showing in the Jewish community in a very close race. [Click here to download a memo of the poll results.] "The Jewish community was a key battleground in this election, with both Republicans and the Democrats actively campaigning for Jewish support....

The battle over gay rights will move to New Jersey and the federal government, advocates said, after Tuesday's narrow rejection of same-sex marriage by Maine voters in a hard-fought contest. The Democrat-controlled legislature in New Jersey, which currently recognizes same-sex couples in civil unions, is under pressure to pass a bill authorizing gay marriage before Gov. Jon Corzine ends his term in mid-January.

Governor-elect Chris Christie made a surpise appearance at the New Jersey Family Policy annual dinner. Gov Christie thanked the audience for all of the work done on behalf of New Jersey families. Christie told the New Jersey Family Policy group about his own family and his kids and spoke about their shared values. Governor-elect Chris Christie said he prepared his family for the possibility of a loss that was not to be. He huddled with his family on election night before going on stage to accept the election results. His family all shared their love and celebration. Governor-elect Christie graciously...

Michelle Obama stated last year that for the first time, she was proud to be an American while her husband led the Democratic primary for the Presidency. In her honor, let me state that for the first time in my life, I am proud to say I am from New Jersey. I am proud to say that Govenor-Elect Chris Christie has an opportunity to clean up the turmoil that in New Jersey politics. I am proud that Govenor-Elect Christie can put the brakes on runaway spending on unions and liberal special interests. Finally, I am proud that Govenor-Elect Christie has...

Thought you might want to see the red/blue divide in New Jersey, comparing the 2008 and 2009 elections. Red/Blue NJ, 2008 presidential Red/Blue NJ, 2009 gubernatorial

Pro-Life Advocates Win Big on Election Night With Virginia, New Jersey Victories by Steven ErteltLifeNews.com Editor November 3, 2009 Email RSSPrint Washington, DC (LifeNews.com) -- The 2009 off-year elections yielded big victories for the pro-life movement with significant wins in both Virginia and New Jersey. The Virginia election saw pro-life advocates carry each of the three major offices and New jersey will have a pro-life governor for the first time in recent memory.In Virginia, pro-life former Attorney general Bob McDonnell defeated pro-abortion candidate Creigh Deeds by a landslide 59-41 percent margin.Poll consistently showed McDonnell leading Deeds even though Deeds...

Here is the link for today's election. Results should start coming in after 8:00 pm. http://elections.nj.com/dynamic/files/elections/2009/by_state/NJ_Page_1103.html?SITE=NJNEWELN&SECTION=POLITICS

From one of my readers in Newark: "Figured I'd shoot you an update before the after-work rush. There has been a slight uptick in in turnout, but the biggest uptick is number of unions guys out there. The streets of Newark are crawling with people in SEIU purple shirts. They are near polling places, placing campaign lit on cars, and all the kind of stuff. Big labor is heavily invested in a Corzine win and Corzine is dependent upon them for his GOTV so it is not surprising to us that they are out there, just that it took them...

It's been a long year. Many conservatives have been confused about what to do in the race for Governor of New Jersey. Some establishment Republicans didn't help matters with things they did or didn't do. But that's all in the past now. It's in the past because we know who is counting on Jon Corzine to win. He was here today, in both Camden and Newark, and he said that Corzine was "one of the best partners I have in the White House...we work together. We know our work is far from over." That's right. The radical national agenda of...

These days, as he pleads with New Jersey voters for a second term as governor, even moments of satisfaction in Jon S. Corzine’s world seem to extract their small humiliations. In early September, for instance, on the day that President Obama delivered his heralded (and controversial) televised pep talk to public-school students, Corzine traveled to Camden, one of the country’s poorest cities, his government-issue black S.U.V. weaving through a postapocalyptic landscape of overgrown fields and shuttered row houses. The neighborhood was celebrating the opening of the sparkling new H. B. Wilson Elementary School, one of 45 new schools that Corzine’s...

A six-term Republican assemblyman from Morris County today said it was time for a career change. Richard A. Merkt, 59, said he won't seek another term in the lower house and will instead focus on winning the gubernatorial election in 2009. “My vision is to give [government] back much more to the people than it has been in years,” said Merkt, announcing at a Morristown news conference that he'd formed an exploratory committee. The top issues Merkt said he would confront if he decides to run for governor would be New Jersey’s economy, funding for public schools and rising property...