We know we haven’t posted in a while and we know it’s tough to get readers for a new blog that doesn’t post frequently but we do expect that to change. In our defense there are only two of us to watch everything that happens in politics off exits 1, 2 and 3 of the Turnpike and work our jobs at the same time. We are going to try to start posting on a more regular basis.

Since our last post a lot has happened in South Jersey politics as well as statewide politics. Naturally everyone is focused on the gubernatorial race and certainly the lines have been drawn in the sand. We support Chris Christie in that race and hope he manages to pull off the victory on November 3rd.

Aside from that there are some other races off exits 1, 2 and 3 of the Turnpike and now that the papers are starting to roll out there endorsements it’s time for us to start taking a look at these races.

The Assembly contests are in the 1st, 3rd, and 4th districts and all appear to be fairly competitive. Mike Donohue and John McCann are taking on Nelson Albano and Matt Milam in the 1st. Experts say this one is too close to call - at least that’s what the Vineland Daily Journal said.

In the 3rd district where Republicans had originally pinned their hopes on two other candidates it appears we could have an interesting Election Day if voters pay attention to endorsements. The Vineland Daily Journal, Gloucester County Times and Courier-Post have all endorsed a split ticket of Democrat John Burzichelli and Republican Bob Villare.

And in the 4th the Courier-Post has endorsed a split ticket of Democrat Paul Moriarty and Republican Domenick DiCicco.

Will voters listen in the 3rd and 4th and send one Democrat and one Republican to Trenton?

This could be interesting and now we will see how important endorsements are to the voters of South Jersey.