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Democrats will pick up congressional seats of retiring Reps. Jim Saxton and Mike Ferguson as part of a national trend that will net them seven U.S. Senate seats and sixteen House seats national, according to James Pindell, the editor of Politicker.com's Pindell Report, which provides independent analysis of federal and state races.

Pindell says that Democrat Frank Lautenberg will win re-election to the U.S. Senate and that Barack Obama will carry New Jersey and win its fifteen electoral votes.

"In two Republican-leaning districts, Democrats John Adler and Linda Stender are going to Congress," said Pindell. "Democrats have momentum and they're winning just about all of the marginal races."

The Pindell Report has the Senate at 58-41, and the House at 252-180.  The Senate races in Alaska, and House races in Florida, New Mexico and Kansas, remain toss-ups.

"The economy, Barack Obama, and George W. Bush combine to push Senate and House races that were toss-ups last week into the Democratic column," said Pindell.   "While the Democrats will control the White House and both houses of Congress, they won't get the 60 Senate seats they need for a filibuster-proof majority." Read More >

Mt. Laurel, NJ – Democratic congressional candidate John Adler today called on the White House and Congress to take immediate steps to protect and replenish the vanishing nest eggs of millions of Americans. Adler's initiative would extend to 75 the age at which Americans are forced to withdraw and pay taxes on their 401-K plans - the money they count on to carry them through retirement but which is rapidly evaporating because of the failed Bush economy.

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Mt. Laurel, NJ – Democratic congressional candidate John Adler challenged his Republican rival, Chris Myers, to end his yearlong silence on the federal corruption investigation into activities involving the Republican-run Burlington County  Bridge Commission. Adler said that Myers' attempt to sweep the widespread corruption in his own backyard under the rug showed an astonishing lack of commitment to clean government and ethics reforms. Myers is also helping keep $2.7 million of stolen money from being returned to the taxpayers by refusing to demand reimbursement by those involved in the scandal, Adler said.

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For more than a year, Chris Myers has turned a blind eye to wholesale corruption at the Burlington County Bridge Commission, which is run by his political allies. The scandal cost taxpayers hundreds of thousands of dollars, yet Myers never said a word. Now he once again is showing his low regard for the taxpayers by dropping any pretense that he is concerned with the financial crisis that threatens the economic security of all Americans – instead inexplicably deciding to criticize public safety improvements and other worthy projects benefiting the taxpayers.  

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Mt. Laurel, NJ – Calling the financial crisis America's top priority, Democratic congressional candidate John Adler will hold his second town hall meeting in a week tonight to determine how the crisis is affecting average Americans and to solicit their ideas on reforming the economy. While Washington is focused on a financial rescue of the nation's giant financial institutions, Adler wants to make sure that the impact on everyday Americans and their families is not being overlooked.

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(Mt. Laurel, NJ) – John Adler released the following statement regarding Congress’ failure to pass the bailout bill today:

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Tuckerton, NJ – The New Jersey Outdoor Alliance (NJOA), an organization representing the leaders of New Jersey’s angling, hunting and trapping groups endorsed John Adler today in his race for Congress in NJ’s 3rd congressional district.  The NJOA joins the FOP, the PBA, the Professional Firefighters Association of NJ, the Sierra Club, the Environmental Federation and the Recreational Fishing Alliance in supporting John Adler.

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John Adler's congressional campaign raised expectations on Friday when they said they would "announce a major endorsement today.  There was some buzz that Adler was rolling out Diane Allen, a popular Republican State Senator from Burlington County who is feuding with local GOP leaders and has not formally endorsed Republican Christopher Myers.  But in the end, the Adler hype was disappointing: their major endoremnt is from Outdoor Alliance, an environment group that lacks enough members in the third district to make their support substantially more meaningful than the multitude of other groups takin sides in the contest for Jim Saxton's seat.

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Mt. Laurel, NJ – Declaring that the nation needs leadership – not political posturing – to resolve the widening financial crisis, 3rd District congressional candidate John Adler held an emergency economic forum Saturday to solicit input from a cross-section of citizens, including business owners, senior citizens, and parents.

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(Mt. Laurel, NJ) - While President Bush is pushing a $700 billion-dollar bailout of Wall Street on the backs of the American taxpayers, Chris Myers will be raking in campaign money tonight from Bush fund-raisers and associates connected to Big Oil.  That makes it twice this week that Myers has accepted large bundles of cash handouts from his political puppeteer, George W. Bush, and the president's corporate cronies.

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