Todd Christie,Todd Christie Nj
November 4, 2009
Todd Christie,Todd Christie Nj:Chris Christie predicted he would be “a big fat winner,” and according to Fox News, Republican Chris Christie has won the New Jersey governor race, unseating the wealthy, tax-raising Democrat, Jon Corzine.New Jersey has had 27 Democrat governors and 16 Republicans. Christie Todd Whitman is the last Republican elected statewide. She left office in January 2001.
Corzine alluded to Chris Christie being too fat to be hold the governorship. That ratcheted-up the dialogue and Christie made some hay with it (see a video below).
Christie supports tax credits for families sending their children to private schools, he supports state-funded vouchers for families trying to get their children out of failing school districts, he supports merit pay for teachers and wants to increase the availability of charter schools. Christie supports civil unions and opposes same-sex marriage. He has promised not to raise taxes, and to lower the state income and business taxes – although he has stated this will not be doable immediately, and especially not doable in the first year.
Nj Governor Election
November 3, 2009
Nj Governor Election:The latest polls on the New Jersey governor race show a neck-and-neck battle between the incumbent and his Republican challenger. But the GOP candidate thinks the vote on Tuesday will go his way in the end.
KYW’s Ian Bush reports that the RealClearPolitics.com average of seven recent surveys finds the GOP’s Chris Christie with a 1.2 percent lead over Jon Corzine.That’s not far from the latest Quinnipiac poll, which has the Democrat trailing by a similiar margin, according to poll director Maurice Carroll:
“Christie 42, Corzine 40, Daggett 12. Daggett is the key to this incredibly close New Jersey election.”
Carroll says the majority of Garden State voters telephoned by pollsters don’t think Chris Daggett can win, so it’s a matter of whether those favoring Daggett will fire off a protest vote for the Independent or switch at the last minute for a major party candidate.
If they have a charge of heart, the survey suggests, more of them would select Corzine over Christie.
Meanwhile, KYW’s John Ostapkovich reports from Mount Holly, NJ that Christie says things appear to be trending his way.
Christie and his wife were the stars of the show at Burlington County Republican headquarters, thanking the couple of dozen people making get-out-the-vote phone calls, and even making a few of them.more info
