>Campaign spending is down in N.J.
Most legislative candidates in New Jersey have raised and spent less than in the past ahead of next Tuesday’s elections, yet campaign spending is high in the state’s two most hotly contested districts.
Data released Thursday by the state’s Election Law Enforcement Commission shows the committees of the candidates for seats in the Legislature had raised a total of $36.4 million by Oct. 25 and had spent $24.8 million.
Both figures were 8 percent below the same period in 2007, the last time all 120 seats in the Assembly and Senate were up. (Mulvihill, Associated Press)
