The KeyHouseRaces Candidate of the day is Jon Runyan (NJ-03)

KeyHouseRaces.com ^ | 16 October 2010 | Interceptpoint

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The Key House Races "Candidate of the Day" thread will be posted daily up until Nov. 2 and feature a different candidate each day. Each of these candidates is in a Toss Up, Leans D, or Likely D race and represents one of the front line soldiers in the fierce battle for control of the U.S. House.

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NJ-03   New Jersey District  3    Runyan (R) vs. Adler (D)					Updated: Sep-10-2010
INCUMBENT	CHALLENGER	The District & The Race	YouTube - Recent Polls - Ratings - History
		Spotlight On: NJ-03		Jon Runyan on YouTube
		OCEAN, BURLINGTON AND CAMDEN COUNTIES One term Dem John Adler is runnning for re-election in a district where Republican Governor Christie won by a margin of 17%. He has a tough road ahead against well known ex-NFL offensive tackle, sports media figure, and GOP Young Gun Jon Runyan. Runyan's view that lower taxes and balanced budgets are the source of new job creation will be a game changer against the tax and spend Adler.	Runyan  (R)		30 %	23-Sep-2010
			Adler (D)		38 %	Stockton/Zogby
			Runyan (R)		39%	26-Sep-2010
			Adler (D)		41%	Rutgers/Eagleton
			Runyan (R)		39 %	30-Sep-2010
John Adler (D)	Jon Runyan (R)		Adler (D)		42%	Monmouth/Gannett
$2,456,042 Total	$654,434 Total		Avg-Presidential-Vote			D+4
$1,947,122 Cash	$471,761 Cash		KeyHouseRaces Rating			LEANS-D

[scooby321]

I think Runyan wins.

[paltz]

Courier post broke the story that the Adler camp planted a fake tea party candidate on the ballot.

[Franklin Wright]

I live in this district and will LOL when I see the fake Tea Party candidate on the ballot. I only hope enough voters know this is a Democrat trick and that it wont hurt Runyan.

[The Pack Knight]

Courier post broke the story that the Adler camp planted a fake tea party candidate on the ballot.

Yup, Peter DeStefano. Here's the article.

This was very similar to another race in the Philadelphia area, Pennsylvania's 8th District, where staffers for two-term Democrat incumbent Patrick Murphy worked to get perennial "conservative" gadfly candidate Tom Lingenfelter on the ballot to draw votes from Republican Mike Fitzpatrick. Luckily, the courts tossed Lingenfelter off the ballot.

Another similarity between the two races is that both Adler and Murphy are running as "Blue Dog" Democrats, even though both vote with Nancy Pelosi more than 90% of the time.

The Democrats are desperate and will do anything to avoid facing the voters and running on their actual records. They thought the Age of the Left had arrived with Obama's election, but now they're forced to recruit fake conservative stalking horses and pretend to be conservatives themselves.

[Tolerance Sucks Rocks]

I heard that the dims did the same thing in FL-8, running a phony Tea Party candidate against Dan Webster for certifiable nutcase Alan Grayson.

[FloridaSunrise]

Runyan was endorsed by the Courier-Post today. I think that will seal the win for this Republican.

The C-P reported how Rep.Adler had put a bogus Tea Party candidate on the ballot and lied about it.

http://www.courierpostonline.com/article/20101024/OPINION/10240321/1046/opinion/-In-the-3rd—the-choice-is-Runyan