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New Jersey election results have disappointed the Democratic party, as the Republicans came out victorious. Even in Virginia the Republicans won the Governor seat. It is rebuke to the Democratic Party and a blow to President Obama, said one newspaper today.
The 2009 election results in two governor's races are a warning to moderate Democrats worried about 2010 reelection. They may be more cautious in voting for Obama's agenda, commented Christian Science Monitor today.
Republican candidate for New Jersey, Chris Christie won the election by defeating the veteran politician and two-times Governor Jon Corzine. It has been a great loss for the Democrats as they have never lost election in this state since 1997.
Christie and his running mate Kim Guadagno greeted supporters after unseating incumbent Democratic Gov. Jon Corzine to win the New Jersey governor's race.
President Barack Obama had attended several of the campaigns for the Democratic candidate of New Jersey. He was present in two Sunday rallies for Mr. Corzine. It has come to the news that David Plouffe, the former campaign manager of the President, had forewarned him not to have too much expectations from this election.
Local issues particularly property taxes had been said to be the main highlights of the New Jersey elections. Analysts consider that Democrats, by winning the elections of major states could secure some mental strength before mid-term polls of 2010.
Democrat Governor Jon Corzine, who was the Democrat candidate for the election, had made several bitter statements against the Republican candidate. He raised the point that the candidate had some kind of relations with George W. Bush, the former President of the country. In his campaigns, he had also raised issues like the weight of the candidate, his views on health care system and abortion. Chris Christie won even after such immense efforts were made on the Democrat’s part.
According to sources, the Democrats also lost the Virginia election. These two are counted as the major elections of the country and earlier had been a strong base for the Democrats.
Meanwhile, there have been claims that the New Jersey election results could be tainted by cheat vote claims.
There were reports by the Wall Street Journal and BigGovernment.com claiming that people wearing ACORN shirts were distributing and then collecting absentee ballots at a hospital.
New Jersey law does allow third parties to collect a limited amount of absentee ballots.
This comes after other media outlets have reported that the New Jersey Democratic State Committee admitted to paying for a robo-call promoting independent gubernatorial candidate Chris Daggett.
If the robo-calls were not conducted in coordination with Daggett, they could be illegal.
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