Corzine Wins NJ Governor's Race, Ending Our Airwave Nightmare

Former Goldman Sachs bigwig Jon Corzine was elected the new Governor of NJ last night, beating Republican Doug Forrester. The two millionaires viciously dueled on TV, each creating a more disturbing negative ad after the other, with Forrester reaching the pinnacle by using Corzine's ex-wife's quotes in a NY Times article against him. (At least both candidates were millionaires with millionaire funds to make these ads that basically spell out why people hate politicians.) Corzine won, 53% to Forrester's 44%, and Corzine appeared victoriously to the tunes of Bon Jovi! Gothamist can only hope that somehow Corzine does better than his elected predecessor, Jim McGreevey.

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By Jen Chung in News on November 9, 2005 7:29 AM

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Bruce Mironov

Being a NJ resident my whole life, and voting since 1976, I voted for the Libetarian candiate, whomever he was, because I could not with good conscience vote for either Corzine or Forrester. I would have written in acting Governor Cody, who I think has done a good job replacing our last disaster Governor, but he has said not to write his name in. He would have been a great choice, and may have run if he had millions of dollars to throw away on mud slinging. The joy of being a New Jerseyan!

girlgraceless

Finally! Losing those ads frees up a lot more space for the endless looping of the Radio City Christmas Show spots. YES!

Jen

The state of NJ politics has descended so low, it's embarrassing. Oh, for the days of Thomas Kean and his posh accent!

Toby

I am so glad the damn New Jersey race is over and I am not going to miss those annoying ads. If I had a dollar for every one of those ads I saw on TV I think that I would be as rich as Bloomberg. However, I still think that Joe Piscopo should have ran, since he is a competent person unlike the two morons that ran. I am so glad I don't live in New Jersey!