Winners

Losers

Ralph Marra

The First Assistant U.S. Attorney is likely to become Acting U.S. Attorney in December after Chris Christie leaves office to run for Governor

Orin Kramer

The millionaire hedge fund manager loses $25 billion of state pension funds since July as Chairman of the New Jersey State Investment Council.

Victor Scudiery

The Monmouth County Democratic Chairman sees his party win control of the Board of Freeholders for the first time since 1986

JON CORZINE

Another Quinnipiac poll shows him with upside-down approval ratings.

Mark Mauriello

The career environmental official is the Governor's choice to become the new Commissioner of Environmental Protection.

MICHAEL GALLAGHER

The UMDNJ official, who reportedly passed up a plea agreement that would have meant no jail time, was convicted of fraud charges in the Wayne Bryant trial.

Brian Levine

The Franklin Township Mayor is being looked at a serious, albeit second tier, candidate for the Republican gubernatorial nomination.

George W. Bush

The lame duck President is now upside-down among New Jersey Republicans, and less popular than Richard Nixon was in 1974.

Frank Pallone

The Democratic Congressman scores a big win backing Henry Waxman for Chairman of the House Energy & Commerce Committee, where Pallone chairs the powerful Health Subcommittee.

STATE WORKERS

The Governor has proposed that state employees give back their 3.5% raise, and has threatened massive layoffs next year.

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