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(NJ) Dems leading GOP in spending
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| Last Edited | *crickets chirp* Oct 31, 2007 11:07am |
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| News Date | Wednesday, October 31, 2007 05:00:00 PM UTC0:0 |
| Description | Democratic legislative candidates are outspending Republicans by nearly a 3-to-1 margin with the election just a week off, the latest campaign finance reports showed yesterday.
With Democrats trying to preserve majorities in both houses, they already have raised $28 million and spent $20 million on the general election. Republicans, who remain hopeful they will win back control of the Senate, have collected $11.4 million and sunk $6.8 million into their campaigns.
Democrats now own a 22-to-18 seat margin in the upper house, and hold 50 of the 80 seats in the state Assembly. All 120 seats are up for grabs Tuesday.
The latest reports available from the state Election Law Enforcement Commission show spending is heaviest in a handful of districts that could swing either way. In seven of the 40 districts statewide, spending already has shot past $1 million in each district. Much of the money is coming from the statewide fundraising committees run by the two parties and their legislative leaders.
In the hotly contested 12th District, where the marquee race is pitting incumbent Sen. Ellen Karcher (D-Monmouth) against Assemblywoman Jennifer Beck (R-Monmouth), spending already has topped $4.6 million.
Of that, the vast majority -- more than $4 million -- has been spent by the Democrats hoping to keep the Senate and one Assembly seat they now hold in the Republican-leaning district.
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