Morning Fix: A ground war in New Jersey
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Monday, November 2, 2009; 6:11 AM
New Jersey governor's race candidates Chris Christie (R), Chris Daggett (I) and Jon Corzine (D). AP Photo/Christopher Barth Nearly $40 million has been spent on television ads by the three candidates and a myriad of interest groups in the New Jersey governor's race but it is on the ground not over the air where the race will be won and lost tomorrow, according to strategists on both sides of the partisan divide. Polling suggests the race is a dead heat. A Monmouth University/Gannett survey released on Sunday showed former U.S. attorney Chris Christie (R) at 43 percent to 42 percent for Gov. Jon Corzine (D) and eight percent for independent Chris Daggett. That the race is so tight is something of a victory for Christie -- given that Corzine has outspent him on television by $10 million, a stunning amount in a state with not one but two (New
