Results: Philadelphia City Controller

With nearly 95% of the precincts reporting, it looks like incumbent Alan Butkovitz is walking away a clear winner in this year's City Controller race. He is keeping his seat with 72% of the vote, while Al Schmidt only managed to sway 28% of the voters. WHYY reporter Elizabeth Fiedler caught up with a humbled Butkovitz at his victory party last evening where he had this to say:

The reason I ran for Controller is that I thought it was a key office in terms of identifying the things that make the city work for the people or not. What happens in a financial crisis is that everybody sees that and the question of money becomes very important when the city doesn't have any money or when people don't have any money. It also gives you the opportunity to push for reform and change during periods of crisis.

Thanks for watching. For our video of the candidates on election day click HERE.

Josh Middleton, Stephanie Wharton & Trenae McDuffie

2009 New Jersey's Governor Race

Lede:After months of campaigning the New Jersey gubernatorial candidates will finally have their fate decided by the voters...Samantha Bucher reports....
http://www.youtube.com/user/sambucher325#p/a/u/0/Rpyyc4JBoOA

Judges Race: Montgomery County

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Lead in: The judges race is really starting to heat up in Montgomery County. Both Democratic and Republican committees are busy helping their candidates win over votes for tomorrow.

For more information on the candidates or the election, visit:

www.judgeswecanbelievein.com

www.montgomerycountygop.com

www.mcdems.org

Polls open in Jersey...still too early to tell

Polls opened up at 7am in the Garden State with low voter turnout being a big concern in the state...people are being encouraged to go out and vote

This is technically a three-way election race between Jon Corzine and Christie, with a 3rd party independent candidate Christopher Daggett playing the role of spoiler. Without Daggett in the race Chris Christie would be the runaway winner against Corzine.

In case you were wondering there is no runoff election in New Jersey as only a plurality of the vote is required rather than an outright majority. Based on pre-election polls we can safely predict that none of the three candidates will have a majority of the popular vote.

Issues in New Jersey include the president’s rising unpopularity in the country, local corruption in Governor Corzine’s administration, miserable employment, high taxes, and our politicians’ unwelcome focus on healthcare during a time of national economic crisis. Put simply this election is mainly about a leadership vacuum both instate and nationally.

Unemployment in New Jersey is 10% and property taxes are through the roof to pay for Democrat programs which suddenly look like bad policy to the average voter. The campaign has been unusually toxic even for NJ. At one point Corzine called Christie “fat” while Obama himself has further polarized the race with over-the-top partisan rhetoric.

Here is the latest:
Quinnipiac: Christie 42, Corzine 40, Daggett 12 (Christie +2)
SurveyUSA: Christie 45, Corzine 42, Daggett 10 (Christie +3)
PPP: Christie 47, Corzine 41, Daggett 11 (Christie +6)
Rasmussen Reports: Christie 46, Corzine 43, Daggett 8 (Christie +3)
Daily Kos/R2000: Christie 42, Corzine 41, Daggett 14 (Christie +1)
Democracy Corps: Corzine 41, Christie 37, Daggett 15 (Corzine +4)
Fairleigh Dickinson Poll: Corzine 43, Christie 41, Daggett 8 (Corzine +2)
Stockton/Zogby: Christie 39, Corzine 40, Daggett 14 (Corzine +1)

Comissioner's Race, 13th Ward of Montgomery County

Lede: Election day is just around the corner and the race is on for commissioner of the 13th ward in Montgomery County. Democrat Ralph Giguere and Republican Carol Gillespie have recently been knocking on doors to gain the community's votes.

Election-Eve in the Garden State

In the see-saw New Jersey Governor's race, Republican challenger Christopher Christie has 42 percent to Democratic Gov. Jon Corzine's 40 points, with 12 percent for independent candidate Christopher Daggett, according to a Quinnipiac University poll released today. Six percent remain undecided.

Philadelphia District Attorney Race

Philadelphian's will head to the polls tomorrow to choose the next district attorney. Bryant Maddrick followed the frontrunner and presumed winner of the D.A.'s race, Seth Williams, to find out where he stands on the issues.

Link:
http://blip.tv/file/2800051