By PolitickerNJ Staff | January 4th, 2013 - 3:27pm
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Campaigns & Elections released their national list of 500 top political consultants.

From New Jersey's Democratic Party ranks were Steve DeMicco & Brad Lawrence, founding partners, Message & Media; Sean Darcy of Round World Consulting; Kevin Hagan of Princeton Public Affairs; Andrew Kennedy of Kennedy Communications; and Michael Muller of Totten Communications.

Also under New York's top consultants was former Corzine Campaign Manager Maggie Moran of M. Public Affairs, who has a New York office.

The Top five Republican Operatives on the list are Maria Comella, Governor Christie's Deputy Chief of Staff; Mike DuHaime, Governor Christie's Chief Strategist; Adam Geller of National Research Inc.; Chris Russell of Chris Russell Consulting; and Bill Stepien, Governor Christie's Deputy Chief of Staff.

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Quote of the day

"That's state money and the speaker has never raised an objection to that, and now all of a sudden she objects to her own bill. She's objecting on a basis she hasn't objected before on the TAG Grant program. Let's face it everybody, this is just politics. It's election year and it's politics." - Gov. Chris Christie, on Speaker Sheila Oliver (D-34).

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Nicely produced ad, but if it doesn't move her in the polls, it will have been for naught.
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