Joseph Cryan

CRYAN: LATEST POLL SHOWS PEOPLE RECOGNIZE CORZINE FIGHTS FOR WHAT MATTERS TO NEW JERSEY FAMILIES

New York Times Poll Shows More & More Residents are Realizing Christie is Wrong When it Matters Most; Poll plus Surge of Activity from National Democrats in State Prove Corzine on Track to Victory

(TRENTON) - New Jersey Democratic State Committee Chairman Joseph Cryan today touted a new poll commissioned by the New York Times showing Governor Jon S. Corzine with a three-point lead over Republican challenger Chris Christie as proof that residents state-wide are recognizing Corzine fights for what matters most to New Jersey families.

Democratic State Chairman Joseph Cryan says that the Quinnipiac poll released this morning showing Governor Corzine and Republican Chris Christie in a statistical dead heat reinforces what his party has been hearing.

“It says what we know: it’s a close election and we’re on the move.  It also says what else we know, which is that folks were introduced to Chris Christie and said no thanks,” said Cryan (D-Union), who is also an assemblyman.

The poll indicates, however, that the 14% independent Christopher Daggett gets is soft support.  And of those who picked Daggett, 40% picked Christie as their second choice, while 33% chose Corzine.  

Cryan, however, is not afraid that the Daggett voters will swing to Christie on election day.

“Folks who are engaged with Daggett are looking at him at a different level than they are with Christie. I don’t think that someone’s going to walk in on Election Day and say ‘oh no, let me vote for Christie,’” he said.

CHRISTIE EMBRACES ROMNEY, CONTINUES TO SHOW
HE IS WRONG WHEN IT MATTERS MOST

 
(TRENTON) - Today, Republican gubernatorial candidate Chris Christie is welcoming former Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney to New Jersey, openly embracing a right-wing conservative who opposes stem cell research, vowed to veto an expansion of children’s health care, and called for the removal of health care coverage mandates in Massachusetts.

The good news is that members of the New Jersey General Assembly are apparently not beholden to their campaign contributors.

Assembly Majority Leader Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-Ewing), who appears to be the loser in the race for Speaker, has contributed $107,000 from her campaign account to Democratic Assembly candidates.  Sheila Oliver (D-East Orange), the apparent winner in the Speaker sweepstakes, gave a total of $70 to Democratic Assembly candidates. 

Watson Coleman sent five contributions of $16,400 each to: Matthew Milam (D-Vineland) and Nelson Albano (D-Vineland) in District 1; Paul Moriarty (D-Washington Twp.) and Bill Collins in District 4; Linda Greenstein (D-Plainsboro) and Wayne DeAngelo (D-Hamilton) in District 14; Frederick Scalera (D-Nutley) and Gary Schaer (D-Passaic) in District 36; and Joan Voss (D-Fort Lee) and Connie Wagner (D-Paramus) in District 38.

Oliver sent $70 to Elease Evans (D-Paterson) in District 35.

If the Assembly leadership elections go as expected, Joseph Cryan (D-Union) will give up the Education Committee chairmanship to become Majority Leader.   Democratic sources that Joan Voss (D-Fort Lee), the vice chair of the committee and a retired public school teacher, is not under consideration for the post.  One possible candidate is Patrick Diegnan (D-South Plainfield), who chairs the Assembly Higher Education Committee; that could clear the way for Pamela Lampitt (D-Cherry Hill), who works for the University of Pennsylvania, to take that slot.  But Diegnan gets that his panel is of importance to Rutgers University, which is important to Middlesex County Democrats.

CRYAN:  NEWLY RELEASED FDU POLL
SHOWS CORZINE’S STRENGTH & MOMENTUM
OF DEMOCRATIC PARTY

(TRENTON) -- New Jersey Democratic State Chairman Joseph P. Cryan today issued the following statement in response to the Fairleigh Dickinson University (FDU) Poll released today that shows Governor Jon S. Corzine is now ahead of Chris Christie among likely voters:

DEMOCRATS UNVEIL NEW WEB SITE WWW.NJVOTEFROMHOME.COM
EXPANDING ACCESS TO VOTING FOR ALL NEW JERSEYANS

(TRENTON) -- Democratic State Chairman Joseph P. Cyan today announced a new Web site – www.njvotefromhome.com --  aimed at expanding access to the polls by giving every New Jersey voter the ability to vote from home.

Union County's four Democratic Assembly members formally backed Sheila Oliver (D-East Orange) for speaker today, including Democratic State Chairman Joseph Cryan (D-Union), who was in the running for the top spot.    

The move solidifies the a North-South Jersey deal connected to the senate leadership contest, where Senate Majority Leader Stephen Sweeney (D-West Deptford) yesterday announced that he had the votes to topple Senate President Dick Codey (D-Roseland).

Cryan is said to be the leading contender for Majority Leader.

In addition to Cryan, who is also the state Democratic chairman, Assemblywomen Annette Quijano (D-Elizabeth), Linda Stender (D-Fanwood) and Assembly Speaker Pro Tempore Gerald Green (D-Plainfield) said, through a statement released by Union County Democratic Chair Charlotte DeFilippo, that they would back Oliver.

Democratic State Chairman Joseph Cryan says the “momentum is building” for Gov. Corzine’s reelection bid in light of a second poll that shows Republican gubernatorial nominee Chris Christie’s lead narrowing.

Cryan said that the public is “recognizing” Corzine’s efforts on children’s health insurance, paid family leave, and “fighting to get more tax relief to seniors and the middle class, not giant corporations and the very wealthy.”

“Meanwhile, the more New Jersey residents hear about Chris Christie and his policies the more concerned they are becoming,” he said.  

The Monmouth University/Gannett New Jersey poll release this morning showed Corzine cutting down Christie’s lead from eight in the last poll to three in today’s.  It came on the heels of a Quinnipiac University poll from yesterday showing Christie’s lead shrinking from 10 points to four.  

CRYAN STATEMENT ON MONMOUTH POLL
SHOWING MOUNTING SUPPORT FOR CORZINE

 
(TRENTON) - In response to the latest Monmouth University Poll released today, Democratic State Committee Chairman Joseph P. Cryan issued the following statement: