- New Jersey has a new governor governor-elect: Republican Chris Christie beat Gov. Corzine in yesterday’s election, with independent Chris Daggett finishing a distant third. The Ledger says Christie’s run was buoyed by July’s federal corruption probe that ensnared dozens of (mostly Democratic) politicians. The Record has matching pieces: How Christie Won, and How Corzine [...]
Canvassers for the gubernatorial candidates this year were aggressively pushing the state’s new vote-by-mail option as a good (and no-risk) alternative to heading to the polls. As of late last week, about 175,000 voters had signed up for the option, but only about 100,000 had sent in the ballots. So what happens if you wake [...]
- Today is election day. Get out there and vote for governor, the ballot question and your state Assembly representative. More info, including links to find your polling place, can be found here. – About 250 people — including firefighters, police officers and emergency medical technicians — lined the waterfront at Exchange Place yesterday to [...]
The polls will be open tomorrow from 6 am to 8 pm. The state Division of Elections suggests voting during off-peak hours (between 10 am and 3 pm) if at all possible, in order to avoid potential lines at the polls. You still can avoid the polls altogether by applying in person for a vote [...]
- With just one day to go before the gubernatorial and state Assembly election, Hudson County Democrats and Republicans are working on a major get out the vote push. Politicker also has a look at the state of the Hudson County Democratic Organization as it gets ready to get out the vote for Gov. Corzine [...]
- This summer’s federal corruption busts have turned political campaigns around the state “inside out and emboldened underdog candidates,” the Associated Press reports. – Matt Friedman takes a look at the race for the state Assembly’s 31st District, which covers Bayonne and part of Jersey City. The Dems are running Anthony Chiappone (who has been [...]
- Despite the fact that he has been indicted, state Assemblyman Anthony Chiappone, who represents Bayonne and part of Jersey City in the 31st District, says he expects to be re-elected to a new term on Tuesday. And chances are he will, as he’s running on the Hudson County Democratic Organization ticket. (Jersey Journal story [...]
- The Jersey City targets of next week’s Westboro Baptist Church protest have decided not to mount counter-protests as planned; instead they hope to deny the group greater attention by ignoring them. – Christ Hospital and Jersey City Medical Center are both reviewing privileges granted to doctors who were arrested Tuesday as suspects in an [...]
- Guess who’s coming to town? None other than those god-lovin’ but gay-hatin’ folks from Kansas’ Westboro Baptist Church. They plan to protest in front of Dickinson High School on Oct. 28 as part of a “Just Say No to Goyum/Hebrew Criminal Enterprises Tour” (lovely title, ain’t it?). Should be interesting to see if the [...]
- It’s official: the Depository Trust and Clearing Corporation is moving 1,600 jobs from Manhattan to Jersey City in 2013. The jobs will move here after the state provided gobs of incentives totaling nearly $90 million. As the Wall Street Journal points out, that “comes to about $55,600 per employee.” New York City declined to [...]
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