New Jersey legislative elections megathread

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Any word on these yet?

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Wildstein says 8, 21 and 25 have all stayed R, along with the flips in 1. https://twitter.com/wildstein/status/1191917346975354880.

I guess the NJGOP is better than anyone gave them credit for.

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So looks like the GOP will pick up at least 4, if not 6, seats and not lose any of their own. Did ANYONE expect anything close to this?

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Going from a 56-24 to 48-32 majority is insane. NJ Dems need to get their ish together.

Wait a minute. What are the 4 districts where Dems lost 8 seats? I thought they only lost 4 seats in AD-1 and AD-2 and failed to advance in others.

The breakdown was actually 54-26 before last night, and at one point it looked like the GOP candidates were ahead in 38, but the Dems pulled ahead in the end.

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https://www.politico.com/states/new-jersey/story/2019/11/06/murphy-losing-democrats-should-have-embraced-him-1226458

Hahahahahaha. He literally sounds like the Democratic version of Trump here. For 2021, I think Republicans have a much better shot here than in Virginia.

Also this just occurred to me but it seems like Jon (with that spelling) is an unusually common name in New Jersey politics, between Bramnick, Runyan and Corzine.

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So the 2nd is the only district with a party split?

16th (traditionally based in Somerset County, but now includes part of Hunterdon along with Princeton) has a Republican senator and two Democratic assemblymen.

On another note, was anyone else surprised that the 21st stayed R? I was bracing myself for disappointment but very pleasantly surprised on election night. This is a wealthy district that Hillary won by 10 and where Trump is beyond toxic.