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MT. LAUREL -- The buffet has opened at John Adler’s party at the Mt. Laurel Marriot, and Evesham Mayor Randy Brown is emceeing the ceremonies.

Brown warned the crowd that this race will be tight, as expected. So far, all they have to go by are numbers coming out of heavily Republican Ocean County.

“It’s going to be a long night. Get ready," he said.

Medford Mayor Chris Myers, who’s running for Congress in the 3rd District as a Republican, said that turnout is high in his hometown. But, perhaps more importantly, he said it appears to be high in Ocean County as well.

“Ocean County is high, so that’s good news. I think our message is getting through,” he said.

Myers said he didn’t have any specifics about the numbers, but high turnout in solidly Republican Ocean County does help alleviate Republican concerns that the bruise had still not disappeared from Myers’ primary against Ocean County Freeholder Jack Kelly.

(Mt. Laurel, NJ) – The John Adler for Congress campaign in New Jersey’s 3rd Congressional District announced new organizational endorsements today from influential area and national groups including the National Association of Police Organizations, the New Jersey Law Enforcement Commanding Officers Association, the Council of New Jersey State College Locals of the American Federation of Teachers (AFL-CIO), and the National Association of Letter Carriers, and New Jersey Citizen Action.

Much has been made of State Sen. Diane Allen’s (R-Burlington) lack of involvement in the tight 3rd Congressional race, where Republican Medford Mayor Chris Myers is running against State Sen. John Adler (D-Cherry Hill).

But while Allen is much more committed to State Sen. Leonard Lance’s (R-Flemington) Congressional race, which is far outside of her district, she said today that she’s still voting for Myers, and even personally donated $250 to him within the last week or two.

“I have sat down with [Myers] and any time he asked me any questions on strategy and along those lines I gave him my best bit of information,” she said.

The 3rd district congressional race between Democrat John Adler and Republican Christopher Myers is a statistical dead heat, according to a Zogby International poll conducted by The Press of Atlantic City and The Richard Stockton College of New Jersey.  More than 16% of the voters poll remain undecided, with each candidate at 39%.   Adler, a State Senator from Camden County, and Myers, the Mayor of Medford, are seeking the seat of Republican Jim Saxton, who is retiring after 24 years in the House.  Republicans have held this seat since 1884.

Third district voters are also split on races for President and U.S. Senate: Barack Obama, 45%, John McCain, 44%; and Dick Zimmer, 45%, Frank Lautenberg 44%.

The conventional wisdom in New Jersey -- and in Washington, where congressional races are carefully tracked -- is that New Jersey's seventh district was a likely pickup for the Democrats. But news that national Democrats are dispatching former President Bill Clinton to campaign for Linda Stender on Saturday might be interpreted as a sign that the four-term Assemblywoman has not yet closed the deal on the seat, and lends credibility to GOP claims that Republican State Sen. Leonard Lance's campaign has internal polling numbers that show him ahead by nine percentage points.  Democrats would not be sending Clinton, one of their most effective campaigners, to Central New Jersey on the weekend before the election if they weren't worried about the race.

DESPERATE MYERS FLEES SINKING SHIP
President's Proud Cheerleader Suddenly Has Second Thoughts
Contradicts Himself On Bush And Economy

Mt. Laurel, NJ – Desperate to save his fading campaign, congressional candidate Chris Myers has scrambled onto one of the last lifeboats fleeing the USS George W. Bush. Myers is frantically trying to escape the sinking GOP ship and its beleaguered skipper, the president, with a cunning but ultimately futile attempt to deny his longstanding support for Bush and the failed policies that pushed our economy over the cliff.

Mt. Laurel, NJ – Republican congressional candidate Chris Myers has neglected his most basic responsibilities as a public official by repeatedly failing to show up for government meetings, Democratic candidate John Adler said today. In fact, Myers has not attended a single meeting of the Burlington County Anti-terrorism Task Force since 2003 - even though he is a member of the task force and claims national-security issues to be among his top priorities.

Senate President Richard Codey will record an automated phone call targeting senior citizens in Ocean County on behalf of Democratic congressional candidate John Adler.  The calls will begin next week.  Adler's decision to use the popular Codey to seek senior votes comes as Republican Christopher Myers seeks to make Adler's use of a controversial budget item controlled by Codey an issue in the race for Jim Saxton's House seat.

The Courier-Post has endorsed Democrat John Adler for Congress in New Jersey's third district.  Adler faces Republican Christopher Myers, the Mayor of Medford, for the seat held since 1984 by Republican James Saxton.

"We believe Adler's platform is the better of the two. Both candidates are capable of doing the job, but we believe Adler will do the job best; he gets our endorsement," the newspaper wrote.