This is the first time I've ever seen a poll for a state legislative race.
More money will probably be spent on this race than 95% of the US House races in the country. Two to four million per candidate.
For a State Assembly race? Why? That's more than what's spent on competitive State Senate races in California, which is the world's seventh largest economy. What's wrong with the Garden State?
Because politics in New Jersey, more so than in California, is all about personal enrichment. State and county contracts, all that good stuff. It's legalized bribery, really, with terrible campaign finance laws.
The record was set in 2005, when a combined $4.2 million was spent in the Atlantic City based Assembly district to defeat incumbent Republicans Kirk Conover and Francis Blee. Blee won, but Whelan (now running for Senate) knocked off Conover.
The same strategy plays itself out every year—Camden County Democrats pick one or two seats to play in, flood the district with obscene amounts of cash (often times taking out loans), win seats, and rake in cash hand over fist as contracts flood to Democrat-friendly companies, law firms, insurance companies, and financial institutions.
Was Conover and Blee more expensive then Fred and Geist?
