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Monday, August 12, 2013

New Jersey goes to the polls tomorrow, and we hear a lot about it in NYC

The way it works, elections in New Jersey are always reported as something special in NYC, because there is such a link between the two places.

That huge chunk of Northeastern New Jersey which includes Newark and Hoboken etc. is really part of the NYC Metropolitan area..

So here is article on Senate primary election tomorrow. Have been hearing A LOT about it on the radio here and it is in all the rest of the media too...

United States Senate special election in New Jersey, 2013

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United States Senate special election in New Jersey, 2013
New Jersey
2008 ← October 16, 2013 → 2014

 

Party Republican Democratic

U.S. Senator before election
Jeffrey Chiesa
Republican
Elected U.S. Senator
TBD
The 2013 United States Senate special election in New Jersey will be held on October 16, 2013 to fill the New Jersey United States Senate Class 2 seat for the remainder of the term ending January 3, 2015.
The vacancy resulted from the death of five-term Democratic Senator Frank Lautenberg on June 3, 2013.[1] In the interim, the seat is held by Republican Senator Jeffrey Chiesa, who was appointed on June 6, 2013 by New Jersey Governor Chris Christie to serve until the elected winner can be sworn in.[2] At the time of his appointment, Chiesa, then New Jersey's Attorney General, announced that he would not be a candidate in the special election.[3]
Following Lautenberg's death, there was a great deal of speculation and controversy over when a special election would or could be scheduled, but the following day, June 4, 2013, Christie announced that the primary would take place on August 13, 2013, and the special election on October 16, 2013.[4] Four candidates are running in the Democratic primary and two candidates are running in the Republican primary.

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Background

On June 4, 2013, Democrats and Republicans interested in running in the special primary were given six days, until June 10, to collect 1,000 signatures in order to appear on the special primary ballots.[5]
Democratic State Senator Shirley Turner, of Lawrenceville, New Jersey introduced legislation to move the general election on November 5 for all statewide offices, including governor, to the same date, October 16, as the U.S. Senate special election. This legislation was introduced in order to avoid spending an additional $12 million for a separate U.S. Senate election in October in addition to the general statewide election in November.[6] A bill, A4237, finally passed both legislative houses on June 27, 2013. Another bill, A4249, allowing eligible voters who cast ballots on October 16 for senator to also vote early for the November general election, finally passed both legislative houses on June 27. Both bills were sent to Governor Christie for approval or veto with little expectation that either would be signed by Christie into law.[7][8]
On June 13, 2013, the Appellate Division of the New Jersey Supreme Court unanimously rejected the Democrats' challenge, which was brought by Somerset County Democratic Chairwoman Marguerite M. Schaffer, to force Christie to change the special election date in October to the general election on November 5. They ruled “the Legislature has delegated broad authority to the State’s governor” to set the election date.[9] On June 20, 2013, the New Jersey Supreme Court declined to hear a follow-up challenge to the special election date.[10]
Christie's administration is looking into contingency plan options for additional state workers, transportation resources, voting machines and associated hardware, and skilled voting machine technicians in order to avoid any potential conflicts due to the short time span of 20 days between the special election and general election. Use of any of these options would increase the originally estimated cost of $12 million for the October election. Contingency plans would be needed due to potential scheduling and logistical conflicts in the use of the same voting machines for both elections. New Jersey state law requires voting machines to be locked down for 15 days after an election, in case a defeated candidate seeks a recount. Voting machines would also need to be set up several days in advance of the general election.[11]

Democratic primary

Candidates

Declared

Declined

Endorsements

Polling

Poll source Date(s)
administered
Sample
size
Margin of
error
Cory
Booker
Rush D.
Holt, Jr.
Sheila
Oliver
Frank
Pallone
Other Undecided
Quinnipiac August 1–5, 2013 388 ± 5% 54% 15% 5% 17% 1% 8%
Monmouth July 11–14, 2013 403 ± 4.9% 49% 8% 3% 12% 28%
Quinnipiac July 2–7, 2013 400 ± 4.9% 52% 8% 3% 10% 1% 27%
Kean University June 18, 2013 366 ± ?% 49% 9% 9% 6% 5% 22%
Rasmussen June 12–13, 2013  ? ± ?% 54% 11% 5% 8% 3% 18%
Monmouth June 10–11, 2013 205 ± 6.9% 63% 10% 6% 8% 13%
Quinnipiac June 7–9, 2013 306 ± 5.6% 53% 10% 9% 1% 27%
Rutgers-Eagleton June 3–9, 2013 364 ± 5.1% 55% 8% 9% 28%

Republican primary

Candidates

Declared

Declined

Endorsements

Polling

Poll source Date(s)
administered
Sample
size
Margin of
error
Alieta
Eck
Steve
Lonegan
Other Undecided
Quinnipiac August 1–5, 2013 257 ± 6.1% 10% 74% 3% 13%
Quinnipiac July 2–7, 2013 330 ± 5.4% 5% 62% 1% 32%
Kean University June 18, 2013 321 ± ?% 15% 45% 12% 29%

General election

Polling

Poll source Date(s)
administered
Sample
size
Margin of
error
Cory
Booker (D)
Steve
Lonegan (R)
Other Undecided
Quinnipiac August 1–5, 2013 2,042 ± 2.2% 54% 29% 1% 16%
Quinnipiac July 2–7, 2013 1,068 ± 3% 53% 30% 1% 16%
Rasmussen June 10–11, 2013 1,000 ± 3% 50% 33% 17%
Monmouth June 10–11, 2013 560 ± 4.2% 53% 37% 10%
Quinnipiac June 7–9, 2013 858 ± 3.4% 54% 27% 18%
Poll source Date(s)
administered
Sample
size
Margin of
error
Rush D.
Holt, Jr. (D)
Steve
Lonegan (R)
Other Undecided
Quinnipiac July 2–7, 2013 1,068 ± 3% 37% 36% 3% 24%
Monmouth June 10–11, 2013 560 ± 4.2% 44% 41% 15%
Quinnipiac June 7–9, 2013 858 ± 3.4% 36% 31% 1% 32%
Poll source Date(s)
administered
Sample
size
Margin of
error
Sheila
Oliver (D)
Steve
Lonegan (R)
Other Undecided
Quinnipiac July 2–7, 2013 1,068 ± 3% 35% 37% 3% 16%
Monmouth June 10–11, 2013 560 ± 4.2% 44% 42% 14%
Poll source Date(s)
administered
Sample
size
Margin of
error
Frank
Pallone (D)
Steve
Lonegan (R)
Other Undecided
Quinnipiac July 2–7, 2013 1,068 ± 3% 38% 34% 3% 25%
Monmouth June 10–11, 2013 560 ± 4.2% 45% 40% 14%
Quinnipiac June 7–9, 2013 858 ± 3.4% 39% 29% 2% 31%


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