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Mon Apr 16, 2018, 06:31 PM Apr 2018

Every N.J. Republican House seat could fall in November

By Jonathan D. Salant
NJ Advance Media for NJ.com
Updated 6:16 PM; Posted 3:52 PM

... New Jersey voters overwhelmingly preferred to have a Democrat rather than a Republican representing them in the U.S. House, and the unpopularity of President Donald Trump and the GOP tax plan were major reasons, according to a poll released Monday.

The Democrats held a 54 percent to 35 percent edge in the Monmouth University poll's generic ballot holds up, threatening five Republican-held seats.

"This is pretty astounding," said Patrick Murray, director of the Monmouth University Polling Institute. "If these results hold, we could be down to just one or two - or maybe even zero - Republican members in the state congressional delegation after November" ...

http://www.nj.com/politics/index.ssf/2018/04/why_nj_house_republicans_should_be_worried_about_november.html

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