| Poll are now closed. NJ.com posts election results here. While we're waiting, I recommend Patrick Murray's roundup of contested primaries. None of my races were contested but at least we had a candidate for each position!
8:25: Primary day is a day to celebrate partisanship, so let's look at Monmouth's latest poll: Democrats are at 44% favorable and 44% unfavorable. Republicans are at 35% favorable and 54% unfavorable. "11% of the public holds favorable views of both major parties." Yes, when you walk down enough streets, every ninth person you see actually likes both parties! 35% of the public says they are Democrats and only 21% say they are Republicans.
9:54 Gloucester County turnout just 5.75%, but of course independents wouldn't vote. Republican turnout was 14.2% and Democrats just 8.37%. Not so impressive, but probably meaningless. Salem County (PDF) results here: turnout was 14.4% for Republicans and over 15% for Democrats
LD25: Republican incumbents win.
LD27: Democratic incumbents win
LD20: Lesniak and other Democratic incumbents win.
(See a trend yet?)
LD1 Republican county chair's candidates beat the convicted felon.
LD2: Longshot Gary Stein, who sometimes posts here, loses his challenge to the Democratic party's candidates..
LD14: Another challenger loses to the Republican party candidates. |
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