Patrick Murray is the founding director of the Monmouth University Polling Institute. According to their website, “The Monmouth University Polling Institute has become a premier independent survey research center known for its in-depth tracking of public policy and quality of life issues.”

Tuesday, November 3rd was not a particularly good day for Democrats across the state, or in Hunterdon County. Although Democrats in Hunterdon are generally used to fielding candidates who face a tough campaign season against a more well-funded Republican opponent, combined with an over-whelming 3-1 voter registration advantage----there are many ‘true believers". 

It’s time to end the partisan bickering.
 
It’s time to end the partisan bickering process that has and continues to cloud problem solving for our great state, north and south.  It’s time to return to true leadership. The time has come to end the partisanship that divides us not only politically but as a state, and replace it with unity and strength of purpose and direction.

But, while Chris Christie was rejected by 51% of New Jersey, the race for fourth place is still too close to call.

The latest figures, with 6242 of 6305 Precincts Reporting---99%--- showed Kenneth Kaplan, the Libertarian; Gary Steele, a lawyer, and Jason Cullen, a manager working in trade marketing, locked in a statistical dead heat for fourth place---each with listed with less than one percent.

If you remember about a week ago, the bartender “Tom” told me at a fundraiser ---when asked about whether he was going to support the two Democrats in Flemington----Democrats he voted for the first time around, and liked a great deal---when I asked if he was going to vote for them again, he said...

I attended two rallies for gubernatorial candidates this weekend. The first was for Governor Jon Corzine, Friday night in Elizabeth, Union County, the heart of Democratic political territory. The second was Saturday, day for Republican candidate Chris Christie, in Flemington, Hunterdon County, the heart of Republican political territory.

On most days during campaign season, candidates walk door to door stumping for votes.  But on one day of the year, or more precisely one night of the year, the opposite is true.  On Halloween, the voters bring their children around neighborhoods for candy, and in some instances, they’ll knock on a candidate’s door.

John Weingart is the Associate Director of the Eagleton Institute of Politics at Rutgers University, as well as the long-time host of  "Music You Can't Hear On The Radio," New Jersey's longest-running folk music and bluegrass radio show on WPRB-FM and WPRB.com.

He is a very funny guy, and agreed to be a guest columnist today. 

It’s campaign season everywhere in New Jersey. And candidates, incumbents and non-incumbents alike, are 'hunting and gathering' for votes. ‘Hunting’ votes is lots tougher than ‘gathering’ votes, as any candidate will tell you. You gotta figure that if you have served a term, and have done a good job, that people will lean more towards voting for you. And gathering those votes should be a snap.

The last time the New York Yankees played the Philadelphia Phillies in the World Series, "The House That Ruth Built" was a mere-twentysomething, no stadiums had corporate names, and the Yankees beat the Phillies 4-0.

In the ensuing 60 years, much has happened.

So, let’s compare New York and Philadelphia in nine random categories, and see which town measures up.