August 7, 2008 - 9:10am
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Lautenberg is the first to hit 50% before Labor Day in 18 years

Frank Lautenberg has hit the magic number: he’s at 51% in a new Rasmussen Reports poll released on Wednesday. That’s the first time in Lautenberg’s 26-year political career that he has hit the fifty percent mark before Labor Day. He leads Republican Dick Zimmer 51%-33%.

It’s also the first time since 1990 that an incumbent statewide officeholder in New Jersey hit fifty percent before Labor Day; that was Bill Bradley, who led Christine Todd Whitman 62%-16% in a July Eagleton/Rutgers poll. Bradley won re-election, the last victory of his career, by a narrow 50%-47% margin.

Wally Edge can be reached via email at politicsnj@aol.com.

Comments

Awe


Poor Zimmer. I know the NJGOP isnt holding out much hope for this race and i suppose its not over just yet, but couldnt they have found a better candidate?

08/07/08 9:32 am

Not convinced.


Frank is one stumble away from being in jeopardy.

08/07/08 10:50 am

burl co scandal


http://www.phillyburbs.com/pb-dyn/news/112-08032008-1571929.html

For some reason PolitickerNJ stays away from Burl Co GOP scandal stories. Makes you wonder.

08/07/08 11:42 am

Better candidates:


Joe and Murray. They would have been campaigning everyday taking the fight to Fossil Frank!

08/07/08 1:37 pm