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Sunday, September 28, 2008

Myers-Adler in a Dead Heat
 
No wonder the combatants in the 3rd District congressional race are snapping at each other on an almost daily basis.
 
A new poll has Republican candidate Chris Myers at 39 percent to Democrat John Adler’s 37 percent – a statistical dead heat considering the poll's margin of error is plus or minus 4.9 percentage points.
 
According to the poll done for Stockton College and the Press of Atlantic City released today, about a fifth of the likely voters in the 3rd District – which includes Cherry Hill and much of Burlington and Ocean counties – remain undecided. That leaves plenty of room for Adler and Myers to fight for votes.
 
Adler, a state senator from Camden County, and Myers, the mayor of Medford, have been running hard in a race that has Democrats and Republicans around the country focused on South Jersey. President Bush came in last week to raise money for Myers and Republican state Sen. Leonard Lance who is in a close race with Democratic Assemblywoman Linda Stender in Central Jersey. This weekend Myers had planned a rally in Ocean County with Senate Minority Leader John Boehner (R., Ohio) as a headliner. Boehner cancelled because Congress is working through the weekend on the $700 billion bailout.
 
Adler has had his share of political stars raising money for him as well and more are expected.
 
The seat was opened with the retirement last November of U.S. Rep. James Saxton (R., N.J.) in a district long held by Republicans. Adler thinks he has a chance because the demographics have changed making the district a potential pick up seat for Democrats.
 
The poll of 1,200 likely voters was conducted for Stockton’s William J. Hughes Center from Sept. 18 to Sept. 20 by Zogby International and covered three congressional districts in South Jersey.
 
Results for the 2nd District, covering the southeast end of the state, have Republican U.S. Rep. Frank LoBiondo at 62 percent and his Democratic opponent Dave Kurkowski at 26 percent.  In the 1st District, covering Camden and parts of Burlington and Gloucester counties, U.S. Rep. Robert E. Andrews leads Republican Dale Glading by 73 percent to 16 percent.
 
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