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Gov. Chris Christie addresses an audience Feb. 9 in West Des

Moines, Iowa.

Govs dip
in poll not
likely to hurt
state GOP

NORMAL STATEWIDE
AVERAGE

BRRRRR!!!

BOB JORDAN @BOBJORDANAPP

TRENTON Democrats say they will position Gov.
Chris Christies plunging poll numbers as a referendum
on Republican candidates in this falls lawmaker elections. But it may be for naught.
Republicans have their own campaign strategy, with
all 80 Assembly seats on the ballot in November, but political experts expect few seats, if any, to change parties
because of New Jerseys incumbent-favoring legislative map.
Christies job rating among state voters has fallen to
52 percent disapproval and 42 percent approval, the
worst showing the second-term governor has had in
Rutgers-Eagleton polling. The results were released
Friday.
Democrats will be well-served to make the upcoming Assembly elections a referendum on Christies
failed policies, including the governors assault on middle-class families, said Democratic State Committee
Chairman John Currie.
Republican Assembly Leader Jon Bramnick has already been on the campaign trail for his party, hosting a
mini-convention in Atlantic City two weeks ago and recording a campaign video that blamed Democrats for
an exodus of residents fleeing the states high taxes.
Democrats have traditionally controlled the Assembly and have a current 48-32 edge.
The issue that will affect voters is that the Democrats have been in charge of the Legislature for over a
decade, and if you ask the average voter if theyre happy with the results from having the same party in control, I think theyll say no, Bramnick said. I dont think
Chris Christie plays a major role in that question, except reforms didnt happen until he became governor,
and further reforms have been stopped because Democrats are no longer cooperating.
Monmouth University pollster Patrick Murray said

Bitter cold (and snow) to continue

throughout week at Shore

STEPH SOLIS @STEPHMSOLIS

ou dont need a weatherman to tell you this: The last few days have been brutal,
with freezing temperatures interrupted only by several inches of snow. But get
ready, New Jersey: Forecasters say even more snow and bitter cold is on
its way.
As Shore area residents deal with Mondays overnight snowstorm, they can
expect another, lighter snowfall Wednesday and a potentially hazardous wintry mix
over the weekend. In between will be another arctic blast like the one this past weekend that made this the coldest February in nearly 20 years.
It seems like every few days, something else comes through, said Valerie Meola,
a meteorologist at the Mount Holly office of the National Weather Service. It impacts our area, and in between you get maybe a day that warms up ... but it looks like

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See ELECTIONS, Page A5

THOMAS P. COSTELLO/STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER

A man operates his metal detector on the frigid Seaside Heights shoreline Monday. The low
temperature dipped to 0 degrees in other Ocean County locales, creating dangerous conditions.

Scan the QR code to see a video of how workers in

one Shore town deal with the cold, or go to

APP.com.

Two judges, longtime friends, reunited

KATHLEEN HOPKINS @KHOPKINSAPP
TINTON FALLS Theirs is a friendship that has endured longer than many marriages.
It started in a legal aid office during the riots in Asbury Park in 1970 and took them into the political arena
and on to the pinnacle of their profession.
Now, two of Monmouth Countys most prominent retired judges are back together again, working at one of
the states largest law firms. They are helping clients
resolve disagreements without having to go to court.
Retired State Superior Court Judge Lawrence M.
Lawson, who was assignment judge for Monmouth
County for more than two decades, and retired Superi-

or Court Judge Thomas W. Cavanagh, Jr., who served as

assignment judge in Lawsons absence while presiding
over the courts Chancery Division in Monmouth County, are working together in the newly opened Tinton
Falls office of McElroy, Deutsch, Mulvaney & Carpenter, a Morristown-based law firm.
Lawson, 67, of Manalapan, joined the firm which
has 300 lawyers in 11 offices in seven states upon retiring from the bench in September after more than 27
years as a judge, more than 21 of them as assignment
judge. Lawsons longtime friend, Cavanagh, 66, of
Shrewsbury, had retired from the bench a year earlier

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