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Archive of New Jersey on Thursday November 05, 2009
Tuesday's winners now must govern
TODAY'S TAKE: Republicans who won gubernatorial races in New Jersey and Virginia on Tuesday (Nov. 3) already are turning their attention to the very different challenge of governing during the Great Recession. Read More
NJ: GOP -- Christie election a sign to drop health care, climate initiatives
Chris Christie's defeat of Democratic incumbent Jon Corzine in New Jersey was a sign voters want Congress to drop controversial health care and climate change bills and focus instead on the economy, Republicans in Washington argued Wednesday. Read More
NJ: Christie urges bipartisanship
A day after becoming the first Republican in a dozen years to capture the Statehouse, Governor-elect Chris Christie on Wednesday went to the Democratic bastion of Newark and urged bipartisanship after a divisive campaign. Read More
NJ: Christie sets sights on property taxes
Chris Christie said he will lower New Jersey's notoriously high property taxes, not with a "silver bullet," but by following the deliberate approach voters approved — a mix of spending checks and more shared services. Read More
NJ: Inability to lower taxes helped cost Gov. Corzine his job
TOMS RIVER, N.J. -- In the end, Republican Chris Christie was propelled into the New Jersey governorship by the same force that pushed him so far ahead in early polls in the year-long campaign: angry, widespread resentment over the state's finances, especially the property taxes that incumbent Jon S. Corzine was elected promising to cut. Read More
NJ: Daggett loss accents two-party dominance
As Chris Daggett supporters washed away defeat with drinks and good cheer in the post-concession hours Tuesday night, two Rutgers student volunteers sat at a table inside the campaign's Dolce Hotel headquarters in Basking Ridge, N.J., pondering the big picture. Read More
NJ: Christie pledges fight on taxes and business rules
Governor-elect Christopher J. Christie of New Jersey, basking in praise from Republicans who hailed him as the party's new star, said Wednesday that he would move quickly to suspend new regulations on business and find ways to lower crushing property taxes, the nation's highest. Read More
NJ: How Corzine failed to connect
In many ways, it seemed like a perfect fit. Jon S. Corzine, one of the most liberal members of the U.S. Senate, came to Trenton in 2006 to lead one of the most liberal states in the nation. Read More
NJ: Election upsets alter political landscape
It was politics as usual in many local and legislative races as incumbents prevailed, but challengers' victories in Hopewell Township, Trenton, Lawrence and Hopewell Borough could lead to some serious shake-ups. Read More
NJ: A capital idea for a party
It may seem like arcane trivia to some, but this year, it's reason to party. Read More
NJ: Corzine's reelection bid nearly abandoned as White House concerns grew
It was the great urban legend of the campaign: With the White House worried, a frustrated Governor Corzine was having second thoughts and came close to aborting his re-election bid. Read More
US: Democrats to use election to push agenda in Congress
WASHINGTON — Blaming election setbacks on a drop in voter enthusiasm, Congressional Democrats said Wednesday that losses in governors' races in Virginia and New Jersey — and a striking House win in New York — should give new urgency to their legislative agenda, including a sweeping health care overhaul. Read More
US: As GOP celebrates wins, internal ideological battles remain
A rebounding Republican Party is savoring victories in two states that President Obama won last year, but as it tries to build momentum toward what GOP Chairman Michael S. Steele called a "Republican renaissance," it faces troubling ideological fissures within its ranks over how best to reclaim power. Read More
US: Energized G.O.P. looking to avoid an intraparty feud
WASHINGTON — Republicans emerged from Tuesday's elections energized by victories in Virginia and New Jersey, but their leaders immediately began maneuvering to avoid a prolonged battle with conservative activists over what the party stands for and how to regain power. Read More
US: Republican victories in Va., N.J. hinged on economic worries
Voters worried about jobs and the shaky economy helped drive Republican gubernatorial victories in Virginia and New Jersey, according to exit polls, adding political urgency to Democratic efforts to combat the nation's surging unemployment rate. Read More
MD: Ehrlich eyes wins by GOP for 2010 run
Former Maryland governor Robert L. Ehrlich Jr. (R) said that Tuesday's Republican victories in Virginia and New Jersey would figure prominently in his thinking about a possible comeback next year, and Democrats downplayed the meaning of the results for Maryland, where their party is more dominant. Read More
Report: 11 states emerging from recession
It’s going to be a long, hard climb out of the current economic downturn for many recession-ridden states hit hard by the housing crash, unemployment and shrinking revenues. But as the national economy starts its slow recovery, 11 states and the District of Columbia are showing signs of emerging from the recession, according to a new report. Read More |
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