
There is a temptation by the media, including this site, to designate former U.S. Attorney Christopher Christie as the front runner for the Republican gubernatorial nomination. A Quinnipiac poll released yesterday with a 27-point lead, 44%-17%, over former Bogota Mayor Steve Lonegan.
A February 2001 Quinnipiac poll had Acting Gov. Donald DiFrancesco leading Jersey City Mayor Bret Schundler 45%-16% among Republican primary voters. A Quinnipiac poll taken in May showed former U.S. Rep. Bob Franks with a 46%-24% lead over Schundler. Schundler won the primary by fourteen points, 57%-43%.
In 2000, former Gov. Jim Florio had a 57%-22% lead over first-time candidate Jon Corzine in a February Quinnipiac poll. Corzine won the primary 58%-42%.
Conservative Jeff Bell, a former speechwriter for Ronald Reagan, beat four-term U.S. Senator Clifford Case in the 1978 GOP Primary by a 51%-49% margin. But just a month earlier, an Eagleton-Rutgers poll had Case leading Bell 35%-7%.
In May 1977, Gov. Brendan Byrne had a narrow 17%-14% lead over U.S. Rep. Robert Roe, ahead of U.S. Rep. Jim Florio (9%) and seven others in a Rutgers-Eagleton poll. 45% of the Democratic primary voters were undecided.
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There has been a lot of talk about putting the issue of marriage equality on the ballot in New Jersey. This is something that Assemblywoman ... >
New Jersey voters repudiated Governor Jon Corzine's policies of the past four years on November 3rd. Republican Chris Christie and Independent ... >