Ah, it’s beginning to look a lot like an election year.  From NewJerseyNewsRoom:

With the primary election a mere formality in all by one case, the race for control of the state Assembly is underway with Republicans planning to attempt to tie their rivals to what they see as Gov. Jon Corzine’s poor fiscal policies and the Democrats vowing to link their campaigns with his re-election bid as the governor who saved New Jersey from even worse economic nightmares.

While they criticize Corzine, Republicans will be attempting to unseat Democratic legislators in eight districts in Bergen, Passaic, Essex, Middlesex, Mercer, Cape May, Atlantic, Cumberland, Camden and Gloucester counties. Democrats want to unseat Republicans in Atlantic County but mainly intend to protect the seats they control.

Democrats control the Assembly 48-32, a margin that means the Republicans need to win nine additional seats to regain control for the first time since 2000.

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