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Corzine Wins NJ Governor's Race, Ending Our Airwave Nightmare
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Jen Chung
Published Nov 9, 2005
Modified Mar 7, 2008
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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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Jen Chung is a former WNYC and Gothamist editor.
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