Official New Jersey Results Thread

[nickshepDEM]

182 of 6,310 Precincts Reporting

Jon Corzine 59,121 56.76%
Doug Forrester 43,506 41.77%

[Kahuna]

1. Another one...

:hi:

[fearnobush]

2. Jon Corzine 52.2% Pig Man 44.8 1,252 of 6,310 Precincts Reporting

<http://www.nj.com/elections/electioncoverage/Dem>
23% in Jon 52.2% Pig 44.8%

UPDATE from AP:

With 12 percent of precincts reporting in New Jersey, Corzine led with 144,271 votes, or 52 percent, to Forrester's 123,995 votes, or 44.7 percent

Hudson County:

Completed Precincts: 67 of 450 (14.89%)
Votes Count
Doug Forrester 2,296
Jon S. Corzine 10,030

Ocean County:(Repuke county, watch for Fraud here)

Completed Precincts: 177 of 353 (50.14%)
Vote Count Percent
DEM - Jon S. Corzine 35,686 40.74%
REP - Doug Forrester 47,649 54.40%

[Mz Pip]

3. It's a start

but I'm not popping the champers yet.

I saddly recall the Hackett race. Hackett ahead until the last 10 minutes.

Mz Pip
:dem:

[usregimechange]

4. Yes! Was NJ blue before this?

[Reverend_Smitty]

7. Yes

Remember the whole McGreevey mess? But our acting Gov Cody has been great

[usregimechange]

11. Oh yeah, so we really are just gaining momentum for other races

And showing that Bushies curtails are not much help.

[mcscajun]

12. We're calling it "the Corzine Bump" in NJ races.

And I'm hoping it works its way all down the ticket. :)

[rfranklin]

5. Quick, call Diebold!

The Republicans need another miraculous come-from-behind win!

[Tandalayo_Scheisskopf]

6. I don't want to see Forrester lose.

I want to see him spanked. I want to see him humiliated. I want to see the man forever eradicated from local, state and national politics and I want to see his senior campaign staff fare far worse.

They all are a blight on NJ's body politic.

Oh: The ex-Mrs. Corzine can go stuff it as well, bitter and vindictive person that she is. This election is not about her, despite her most closely-held fantasies. I hope she spends the rest of her days dealing with the shame of taking her private life public.

[vi5]

14. You just captured my feelings EXACTLY...

Forrester just losing isn't enough. I want to know that he's going to go home crying for his mommy and bawling like an infant curled up in the fetal position.

[Zen Democrat]

8. Huffington says exit polls show big win for Corzine!!

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2005/11/08/exit-polls-show-democrat-_n_10324.html

[BattyDem]

16. I'm confused ... I thought that there weren't any exit polls

:shrug:

[mcscajun]

20. There weren't any paid for by the campaigns, anyhow.

I'd love to know where these exit polls are coming from and who paid for them...

[flowomo]

25. Kos says Huffington wrong wrong wrong:

NJ-Gov: No exit polls
by kos
Tue Nov 08, 2005 at 03:42:28 PM PDT

The Huffington Post has a post up claiming:

Exit polls for the New Jersey governors' race show democratic Senator Jon Corzine is the decisive winner over Republican businessman Doug Forrester.

It's bullshit. There are no exit polls anywhere this election. It has been noted by the National Journal and confirmed by Mystery Pollster.

That means that anything you read about "leaked" or "early" exit polls today is certainly bogus.

I also confirmed with the Corzine campaign. Now, they have poll watchers reporting traffic, and voting in GOP-heavy precincts is light. However, Republicans actually did well in the evening commuter after-work vote in 2004, and NJ Republicans are still hoping it materializes for them this evening.

And it might. This race is still engaged. Corzine hasn't won shit yet.

http://dailykos.com/

[mcscajun]

31. Glad to see that rebutted. It just didn't make any sense.

:(

[complain jane]

9. Thanks for this!

Just voted tonight too, in Wayne... :)

[jean]

10. dupe of Zen's post - great news!

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2005/11/08/exit-polls-show-democrat-_n_10324.html

Exit polls for the New Jersey governors' race show democratic Senator Jon Corzine is the decisive winner over Republican businessman Doug Forrester.

The Huffington Post has learned that Senator Corzine wants to appoint acting New Jersey Governor Richard Codey to fill his Senate seat.

Corzine must resign from the Senate in January to assume his position as governor. His Senate term, however, does not end until 2007. State law gives the governor the power to appoint a replacement for the seat. Gov. Richard Codey has been acting governor since Jim McGreevey's resignation took effect on November 15, 2004.

[WI_DEM]

15. Good, because Codey has the best shot to defeat Kean.

[nickshepDEM]

13. update

259 of 6,310 Precincts Reporting
Jon Corzine Dem 69,123 52.22%
Doug Forrester Rep 60,300 45.55%

[BattyDem]

17. another update

398 of 6,310 Precincts Reporting
Jon Corzine Dem 91,895 51.40%
Doug Forrester Rep 82,150 45.95%

[Reverend_Smitty]

23. 1,252 of 6,310 Precincts Reporting

Corzine 238,063 52.19%
Forrester 204,388 44.80%

[mcscajun]

18. Early Unofficial Results - From Morris County, NJ ONLY

A heavily Republican area:

Governor
Completed Precincts: 7 of 395 (1.77%)
Vote Count Percent
DEM - Jon S. Corzine 2,924 38.84%
REP - Doug Forrester 4,369 58.04%
IND - Wesley K. (Wes) Bell 13 0.17%
IND - Matthew J. Thieke 31 0.41%
IND - Angela L. Lariscy 1 0.01%
IND - Costantino Rozzo 1 0.01%
IND - Jeffrey Pawlowski 28 0.37%
IND - Michael Latigona 6 0.08%
IND - Edward Forchion 12 0.16%
IND - Hector L. Castillo 51 0.68%
Write-In 92 1.22%
Total 7,528 100.00%

[Gloria]

19. A lot of independents running in Morris County--I wonder, any of them

running against either Corzine or Forrester? I mean, are any of them split offs from the Dem or Repug parties in protest?

[mcscajun]

28. A rather motley crew, not split-offs or protests.

Wesley K. Bell - Five term mayor of Stafford Township, Ocean County, before the voters recalled him.
Matthew J. Thieke - Green Party
Angela L. Lariscy - Socialist Workers Party
Costantino Rozzo - Socialist Party
Jeffrey Pawlowski - Libertarian Party
Michael Latigona - No affiliation - a registered nurse.
Edward Forchion - known locally as "the Weedman" - his sole cause is the legalization of marijuana.
Hector L. Castillo - No affiliation - a physician who ran for Paterson mayor in 2002 and lost.

[Mark E. Smith]

22. I Grew Up In Morris County

It is as Republican as elephant shit.

Don't sweat it.

[mcscajun]

29. Great line!

I'm not sweating it...but I thought I'd throw in the results just for the heck of it...all those marginal candidates!

[robsul82]

21. CBS2 reporting, 6% of precints in...

Corzine - 53%
Forrester - 47%

(didn't get exact totals, sorry)

Later.

RJS

[nickshepDEM]

24. UPDATE 22% Reporting...

1364 Of 6310 22%

Jon Corzine Dem 258,298 52%
Doug Forrester GOP 218,659 44%
Others Others 15,372 3%

[robsul82]

27. And the gap widens?

Niiiiiiiiiiice, Jon!

[fearnobush]

26. 1,826 of 6,310 Precincts Reporting, Jon 53.56% Pig 43.47% Woaa!

Were gonna kill it, slam dunk it folks!!!

[David Zephyr]

30. Come On New Jersey!

:thumbsup:

[Clarkie1]

32. I'm calling this one NOW....New Jersey is BLUE.

Congratulations to new Democratic governors Kaine and Corzine and all their supporters!

:toast:

[MoonRiver]

33. Happy, happy, happy, happy times!

I'm retiring with a happy smile on my face! It's been awhile, at least in regards to the nightmare political scenario we've been living through, lo these seemingly endless last 5 years.
Love y'all DU!
:grouphug:

[robsul82]

34. Projection

DU poster robsul82 is NOW projecting the state of New Jersey to go for Senator Jon Corzine (D) and go big!

NJ - blue forever!

[fearnobush]

37. NJ- Blue for now, we got a lot work to do.

Notably Radio Station NJ101.5 FM across entire state is huge threat to realty in NJ. They are so GOP and lie like Rush and Hannity. We must counter this pending threat. On of my co-worker may have voted for the Pig Man due to the lies of this station. It must be counter balanced. AAR is not enough - it only covers 20% of our state.

[robsul82]

40. A radio station is gonna pollute the bluest state in America?

Au contraire.

[fearnobush]

35. 2,683 of 6,310 Precincts Reporting still 53% Jon 43% Pig

I said Jon by 10pts last night.

[tilsammans]

36. FLASH: The AP is now reporting . . .

JON CORZINE HAS BEEN ELECTED GOVERNOR!

[Kahuna]

38. Woo Hoo!!! Yead Baby. Corzine opened a can of whup ass..

ha ha. now leading by 11%. But NJN says they're not ready to call it for Corzine. Sheesh. :eyes:

[mvd]

39. Wonderful!

Great night! I think that Forrester's last minute sleaziness with Corzine's ex-wife backfired - ha ha! :toast: :bounce:

[tilsammans]

41. Yeah!

It was creepy enough that she said it.

But for Forrester to pick it up and run with it . . . :puke:

[Rainscents]

42. I LOVE NJ!!! My home State where I grew up!!!

[mvd]

43. I live in SE PA, and my congrats to..

my friends next door. :hi:

[Kahuna]

45. thanks MVD!!! NJ appreciates all of the DU interest and support.

CORZINE RAWKS!!!:headbang:

[mvd]

46. Your welcome!

I am sure Corzine will be a great governor and help to clean NJ up after the McGreevey setback!

[Kahuna]

53. NJ has been doing fine inspite of McGreevey. That's why Corzine..

didn't really have any problems winning.

[Awsi Dooger]

44. This is a bigger margin than I expected

I thought Corzine would win by 5-6 points. Just shows you what running a retread pathetic loser like Forrester can do, especially in the current political climate. I've never seen a statewide candidate with facial hair like Corzine's match or exceed his poll consensus. This might be a first. I'll have to debate an asterisk.

[BattyDem]

48. Me too. I wonder why yesterday's polls ....

only showed a 5 point difference between them :shrug:

[robsul82]

47. Turn on Fox5, everyone!

The woman reporting at the Forrester campaign says the supporters there haven't even heard Forrester has been officially BLOWN OUT! Hahahahaha!

[mvd]

49. I just had CN8 on, and..

Forrester camp still thinks things are too close to call. I had to laugh.

[nickshepDEM]

50. Congrat's NJ. You did it!

[robsul82]

51. You never know...

13 points have a way of showing up, hahahahaha!

[Kahuna]

52. Just before the AP called it, some clown was saying we would be

up all night or even for days before the results were known. :crazy:

[JABBS]

54. Why Corzine Won (and Why Kaine Won In VA). Voters Reject Spin

See this thread.