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1. As N.J. legislative election nears, Democrats have raised more than Republicans
(N.J./State)

... than they did at the same time four years ago while the incumbents appear to be gaining an increased advantage over the challengers, according to an analysis by made public Tuesday by the state Election ...

2. 'Real Steel' delivers marketing punch for underdog brands
(Sports/Professional)

... placement by three companies who are still challengers in their space. Now will it work, and will kids drop Apple to go buy HP tablets, or jump from googling to binging? Not right away. But if the movie ...

3. 65 women running for N.J. legislature sets new record
(N.J./State)

... no candidate wins more than 50 percent of the votes. While two Democratic women have filed as challengers in the gubernatorial race -- Tara Hollis and Niki “Bird” Papzoglakis -- neither is considered ...

4. New Jersey would not re-elect President Obama
(U.S./Nation)

Republican voters are lukewarm about their party's potential challengers Here is good news of sorts for Gov. Chris Christie in the wake of a Rutger-Eagleton Poll made public on Friday that found New ...

5. N.J. Senate President Sweeney endorsed by Southern New Jersey AFL-CIO for re-election
(N.J./State)

... also endorsed 17 other Democratic legislative incumbents or challengers in the 1st, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th and 8th districts of South Jersey.  ...

6. 2011 N.J. primary rundown
(N.J./State)

... Of the 240 legislative nominations available, only 31 challengers are running against the party organizations’ picks. This includes just nine Senate seats and 15 Assembly districts (excluding the Democratic ...

7. Tuesday's primary election features 10 contested N.J. Senate races and 16 Assembly contests
(N.J./State)

... school board member Tony Monteiro are challenging Cryan and Quijano. The Democratic challengers dislike the incumbents’ support of a bill that would use business tax credits to attract donations that ...

8. Christie’s growing troubles with women linked to education and social services
(N.J./State)

... button social issues tend to be important in gubernatorial elections only for challengers or when there is an open seat. Incumbents get judged by the job they do on state-specific issues. As such, I think ...

9. Barack Obama starts the opposition research on Chris Christie
(U.S./Nation)

... asking around about potential challengers.” In a Fairleigh Dickinson poll conducted in April about potential Republican contenders, NewJerseyNewsroom.com reported that Christie polled only six points ...

10. N.J. Democrats have raised more funds than Republicans for 2011 legislative election
(N.J./State)

... such as the weak economy. Fundraising between January and early May, which is the period during which challengers joined incumbents in seeking campaign dollars, was just 2 percent higher than the same ...

11. Judge orders N.J. officials to show why Carl Lewis should be barred from ballots
(N.J./State)

... on sending out the ballots at 1 p.m., Thursday. Lewis' attorneys also appealed Guadagno's decision in state Superior Court Wednesday. They argued his two Republican challengers do not have standing to ...

12. U.S. Supreme Court decision could impact 'rescue money' campaign financing
(Opinion/Commentary)

... General in the second Reagan administration, states in The New York Times, “contrary to the challengers’ claims, the Arizona law doesn’t prevent privately financed candidates from speaking or spending ...

13. N.J. election results: Jon Runyan defeats John Adler
(N.J./State)

... of rejecting Republicans and the challengers were heavily outspent. On the Republican side, Rep. Scott Garrett, R-Wantage, beat challenger Tod Theise by nearly a 2-1 margin. In South Jersey with all ...

14. N.J. Election Day: Adler-Runyan election in 3rd Congressional District key contest
(N.J./State)

... congressional candidates by district: 1st District Includes all or parts of Burlington, Gloucester and Salem counties Incumbent: Robert Andrews (D) Challengers: Dale Glading (R); Margaret Chapman ...

15. Poll finds New Jersey Republicans more motivated
(N.J./State)

... Republicans prefer a challenger by 4-to-3. Independents also slightly prefer challengers, by a 10-to-9 margin. In GOP-held districts across the state, 48 percent of likely voters say they will vote Republican, ...

16. Poll finds New Jersey's 5 incumbent GOP congressmen safe from defeat
(N.J./State)

... 37 percent. "The Democratic Party hasn't managed to field very many first-tier challengers this year," Cassino said. "It doesn't matter if it's because they've run out and need to rebuild their bench, ...

17. N.J. leaning in favor of Democrats for Congress
(N.J./State)

... "likely voters" only, incumbents are ahead, 35 percent to 33 percent. Results are essentially unchanged from August, when generic incumbents held a 30 percent to 28 percent lead over challengers among ...

18. Poll finds N.J.'s 13 incumbent congressmen can expect to be re-elected in November
(N.J./State)

8 Democrats safe, 5 Republicans safer New Jersey's 13 congressmen — 8 Democrats and 5 Republicans — are presently in a tight race with their challengers as the campaign season nears, but can expect ...

19. NJEA endorses 7 incumbent Democrats for Congress
(N.J./State)

... Garrett (5th), Leonard Lance (7th) and Rodney Frelinghuysen (11th) nor their five Democratic challengers. The union endorsed Assemblywoman Linda Greenstein (D-Middlesex) in the 14th District state ...

20. Chef Matthew Zappoli of Tre Amici restaurant in Long Branch earns redemption on Food Network's ‘Chopped'
(Life/Style)

... appearance on the Food Network show "Chopped" in a redemption competition with three other challengers. Each had come in a close second in their first competitions, which were strongly disputed — hence ...