The Associated Press projects that, for the first time in a decade, a Republican has won statewide in New Jersey. It took a perfect storm of corruption, deficits, and a lack of true job creation to bring about such a change, but it has happened.
The Republican Governor’s Association, which lustily promoted Christie’s candidacy from early on, released a statement from its chairman, Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour:
“Chris Christie secured a major victory for the Republican Party tonight. Defeating a deep-pocketed incumbent in a Democratic state like New Jersey is a tremendous accomplishment and signals the beginning of the GOP’s comeback.”
What else to watch: Upstate New York, of course, and also the Maine Marriage referendum — a “Yes” is a vote to veto same-sex marriage.
