Blue state

February 11, 2008 - 12:09am

Blue Jersey?

The New York Times has a good story today on New Jersey surpassing Massachusetts as the most liberal state in America.

Just like Massachusetts, New Jersey hasn’t elected a Republican to the United States Senate since 1972.  Only Hawaii and West Virginia have gone longer.  And New Jersey has gone longer without electing a Republican to statewide office than any of the other 49 states; Christie Whitman was the last GOP statewide win, in 1997.  But even so, it’s been fourteen years since a New Jersey Democrat has won re-election to any statewide office – the last one was Frank Lautenberg in 1994.

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February 6, 2008 - 11:00am

A shade of blue

New Jersey, a blue state that has gone longer without electing a Republican to statewide office than any other state in the nation, has not re-elected a Democrat to statewide office in fourteen years.  The last Democrat to win re-election was Frank Lautenberg in 1994.  So technically, Republicans have re-elected an incumbent statewide official (Governor Christine Todd Whitman in 1997) more recently than the Democrats have.  The last Democratic Governor to win re-election was Brendan Byrne in 1977. 

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