http://www.nj.com/politics/index.ss...nor_election_race_polls.html#incart_big-photo
Phil Murphy beats Kim Guadagno to succeed Christie as N.J. governor
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TRENTON--
Phil Murphy,a former
Wall Street executive and diplomat with
no previous elected experience but deep pockets and strong ties to the Democratic Party, beat Republican
Kim GuadagnoTuesday to succeed Chris Christie as
New Jersey's governor.
"He has promised to
push New Jersey in a progressive direction, vowing to
legalize and tax marijuana,
institute a $15 minimum wage,
tighten the state's already strict gun-control laws, and ramp up funding for education, public-worker pensions, and transportation,
while protecting undocumented immigrants and fighting the agenda of President
Donald Trump, a Republican.
"Murphy said
during a rally Sunday that he recently
spoke to Democratic California Gov. Jerry Brown on the phone.
"I told him I want New Jersey to be the California of the East Coast," Murphy said."
"And though voters in the blue state were getting to choose Christie's replacement a year after Trump's election, the race largely inspired apathy among Jerseyans. Up until last week
,polls showed more than half of likely voters knew little about Guadagno or Murphy."
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He then spent$16 million of his own fortune en route to an easy win in the Democratic primary."
"Murphy repeatedly linked Guadagno to Christie and promised to boost the state's economy,
saying his time at Goldman Sachs taught him how to create jobs. "
"Murphy plans to
increase spending by $1.3 billion on education, pensions, and transportation
by hiking taxes on wealthy residents, closing corporate tax loopholes, and taxing legal pot.
He says the hikes would spare the middle class."
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He also proposes institutinga state-run bank to help rev the economy. "
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He said during a debate that he would even considermaking New Jersey a "sanctuary state" to protect some undocumented immigrants from deportation. "
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He and his wife, Tammy Murphy, donated millions of dollars to the Democratic Party both locally and national over the years and he served as the finance chair of the Democratic National Committee from 2006 to 2009. "
LOL! what accomplishments, a man who fights for the common folk haha. Jersey was in the crapper before, but now its done. It will be a state-wide slum, with no money and more and more illegals.
Gotta start packing up before the $15 minimum wage (that they don't deserve) employees and other "welfare recipients" drive this state into the ground