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Below is Insider NJ’s Morning Intelligence Briefing:
QUOTE OF THE DAY: “The South is back.” – A Democrat on wins in LD3 and LD4
TOP STORY: Scutari and Coughlin Must be Happy Right Now
In LD3, Senator Durr was defeated by former Assemblyman Burzichelli.
In LD4, Assemblyman Moriarty prevailed for the Senate seat.
In LD11, Senator Gopal prevailed in his re-election bid, and the Democratic Assembly candidates defeated the GOP incumbents. Gopal called it the ‘greatest landslide‘ for any Democrat in Monmouth County.
In LD14, Senator Greenstein and her runningmates prevailed.
In LD16, Senator Zwicker and his runningmates prevailed.
In LD25, Senator Bucco prevailed in what appeared to be a tough race. Bucco began Election Day bringing doughnuts to poll workers.
In LD38, Senator Lagana prevailed.
Republicans alleged that ‘phantom candidates’ were Democratic spoilers, according to NJ Spotlight.
ICYMI: GOP far behind Dems in VBM; in LD11, a mailer seeks to depress Gopal turnout; JNESO endorsed candidates; stars aligning for Tammy Murphy; in LD25, Jane Fonda leaped into the district; Sherrill crisscrossed the state; in LD25, Dems trying hard to unseat Bucco; allies protested Kean’s Jordan vote; in LD3, Weinberg slammed Durr; LD11 battleground contest; Murphy swung back at GOP critics; in LD23, Dems putting up a spirited fight; in LD3, Durr, Burzichelli clashing; Malinowski blistered Kean; Battleground dynamics; Sayegh noticeably suburbanized; establishment preparing for Baraka guv race entrance; Senate seat backroom dynamics; CWA released final endorsements; Fulop unveiled affordable housing plan; in LD25, Dems circulating poll showing Clarke leading; in CD3, Murphy announced candidacy; Selen held a fundraiser; Bergen GOP infighting; Glassner undaunted by history
Governor Murphy endorsed Senate President Scutari and Speaker Coughlin for another term.
Advocates say that major issues were absent on the campaign trail this year, according to NJ Monitor.
ICYMI: Donohue will serve as Acting Executive Director of ELEC.
In Bridgewater, Mayor Moench prevailed in his re-election bid.
In Somerville, former Mayor Hayes staged a successful comeback.
In Long Hill, property owners of major developments must submit a stormwater plan, according to NJ Hills.
In Morristown, Councilman Armington sent a letter supporting the gas-powered leaf blower ban, according to NJ Hills.
In Paterson, Councilman Jackson must hand over his cell phone passcode to authorities, according to Paterson Press.
In Watchung, the town is taking cyber security very seriously, according to NJ Hills.
ICYMI: In White, farmland will be preserved; in Fort Lee, lawsuit against congestion pricing announced; in Atlantic City, Small burnished statewide support; in Paterson, Mayor Sayegh announced Kader as COS; in Chatham, Mayor Felice hit the doors
AROUND THE WEB:
The most important topic for voters? Poll shows economy wins again
ROI-NJ Staff
- Off-Shore Wind and electric vehicles. Abortion and women’s health access. Parental rights in schools and book banning. And, of course, all that fuss about gas stoves. There are any number of topics that have taken up some of the political oxygen this voting season. But in the end, the tried-and-true voting yardstick remained undefeated: How will the candidate impact my wallet?
Election results 2023: Paid parking, construction, school fights drive Jersey Shore voters
Jerry Carino, Asbury Park Press
- Betty Anderson has lived in Freehold Borough since 1957, and she’s said she’s voted in every election since John F. Kennedy was running for president. On Tuesday, asked why she turned out to vote when only local matters were on the ballot — no presidential, gubernatorial or congressional races — she lifted her cane and pointed to a “Pay to Park” sign outside of Freehold’s borough hall.
Please President Biden: Don’t run again. | Moran
Tom Moran, Star-Ledger
- A terrifying new poll from the New York Times and Sienna College shows President Biden losing in five of the six major swing states he won in 2020, a margin that would give him 300 electoral votes, enough to decisively win with a few states to spare. It’s not because voters like Donald Trump. He’s as unpopular as ever.
GOP seizes on culture issues in hope of regaining grip of NJ Legislature on Election Day
Charles Stile, NorthJersey.com
- Voters who haven’t mailed in their ballots or cast them at early voting locations will go to the polls in person Tuesday for races that could determine the partisan composition of the New Jersey Legislature.
What now? New Jersey has to hit reset button on its energy policy — now
Regina Egea, Special to the USA TODAY Network
- Depending on where you stand when it comes to offshore wind development, the stunning announcement this week by the Danish power company, Ørsted, that it was abandoning its Ocean Wind 1 and Ocean Wind 2 projects off the Jersey Shore at a loss of $5.6 billion was either a moment of great relief or grave disappointment.
State police shamefully slow to expunge criminal records | Quigley
Joan Quigley, For The Jersey Journal
- I felt like news reporters must sometimes feel when I tried to get public information from a state agency three years ago. In other words, I was frustrated, treated like an enemy spy by defensive bureaucrats who were barely polite.
Trenton is putting dogs before people with costly shelter endeavors
LA Parker, The Trentonian
- Thanks to George Clinton, musician, singer, bandleader, record producer and psychedelic funk master for that introduction, lifted from his 1982 release of Atomic Dog. The song includes the famous inquiry, Why must I feel like that, why must I chase the cat? — nothing but the dog in me. Asked and answered.
A school board election lament
Jeff Edelstein, The Trentonian
- Well, the 2023 elections are over (or happening as we speak, depending on when you’re reading this), which means we get to spend the next year arguing over two people who were both alive at the same time as famed science fiction author H.G. Wells, who was born in 1866. Yes. I’m sure I’ll have plenty to say about the forthcoming disaster that is Biden-Trump II, the worst sequel since Teen Wolf Too, but today, I want to revisit something I wrote about a few weeks ago: How New Jersey’s school board elections have turned into a culture battle.
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