Here’s some good news today out of the Garden State courtesy of Quinnipac:
2017 Governor's Race
In an early look at the 2017 New Jersey governor's race, featuring two little-known contenders, Democratic businessman Phil Murphy leads Republican Lt. Gov. Kim Guadagno 45 - 29 percent, with 22 percent undecided.
Murphy leads 38 - 28 percent among independent voters and 80 - 5 percent among Democrats, while Guadagno takes Republicans 72 - 6 percent. Women go Democratic 50 - 21 percent. Men are divided with 40 percent for Murphy and 37 percent for Guadagno.
Neither candidate is well known as 70 percent of voters haven't heard enough about Murphy to form an opinion of him and 61 percent haven't heard enough about Guadagno.
"Following Gov. Christie, who - popular or unpopular - has dominated New Jersey news from the day he took office, the 2017 contenders are all but anonymous," Carroll said.
"Murphy gets the Democratic vote and Guadagno has the Republican vote. It looks like Goldman Sachs - shades of Jon Corzine - versus the lieutenant governor who spent four years in Christie's shadow. Will other challengers perk up? Will it be strictly a party-line election? Will New Jersey live up to its reputation for political brawls? Time's a-wastin'."
From January 26 - 30, Quinnipiac University surveyed 1,240 New Jersey voters with a margin of error of +/- 2.8 percentage points. Live interviewers call landlines and cell phones.
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