Scott Garrett won by an even larger margin than last time
Republicans perform better across New Jersey
Geoff Mulvhill, Associated Press4:35 p.m. EST November 5, 2014
In the weeks leading up to Tuesday’s election, some polls indicated that a couple of longtime New Jersey Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives may have been at risk for an upset.
In both the 2nd and 5th Districts, the Democratic challengers were running more sophisticated and expensive campaigns than hopefuls usually mount there. And in both cases, the incumbents said they were confident that they would withstand the challenges —though they dug deeper into their campaign coffers to do it.
Not only did Reps. Frank LoBiondo and Scott Garrett retain their seats, they did so by wider margins than two years ago.
That held true across the state. Republicans held onto all six New Jersey congressional seats they won in 2012 and did so by bigger victory margins as measured by percentage points.
Even in the 3rd District, where Democrats thought they had a realistic chance of gaining a seat as Republican Rep. Jon Runyan did not seek re-election, Republican Tom MacArthur not only defeated Democrat Aimee Belgard, but did so with a bigger percentage margin than Runyan had in his re-election last time.
Democrats also won six New Jersey districts. But according to preliminary data returns, they had closer margins than two years ago.
None of the vote counts are final, and two districts had enough precincts not reported by Wednesday afternoon that it was possible that the trend of improved GOP election performance would not ultimately hold everywhere in the state.
https://www.mycentraljersey.com/story/news/elections/2014/11/05/republicans-perform-better-across-new-jersey/18550277/
How did Cory win…?
What hold does he have on the average Jerseyan that they think he’s going to lift the state out of it’s malaise…?
And don’t tell me that he pulled himself up from the ghetto. He grew in Harrington Park and both of his parents worked for IBM.
Last time I checked Newark was still a mess. Newark averaged 90+ murders a year during his tenure.
Oprah
It’s New Jersey. Almost as bad as California
Not only did Reps. Frank LoBiondo and Scott Garrett retain their seats, they did so by wider margins than two years ago.
Except in “right-leaning” Ridgewood (ha)