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  • Why stop at county lines? Let’s ditch the primaries.

    by Patrick Murray This column originally appeared as an Op-Ed on nj.com on March 24, 2024 and was published in the March 25 edition of the Star-Ledger. New Jersey’s unique – some would say bizarre – primary ballot design is getting national attention. Political leaders who have benefitted from the “county line” are now at least talking…

  • New Jersey Democrats’ Failure to Communicate

    by Patrick Murray This column originally appeared as an Op-Ed in the Star-Ledger on September 10, 2023. “What we’ve got here is failure to communicate.” The famous line from Cool Hand Luke is addressed to a prison gang, but it could also be directed at New Jersey Democrats right now. The party has been put…

  • The Fourth of July is a call to stewardship

    By Patrick Murray This column originally appeared as a Connmentary on NewJerseyMonitor.com on July 4, 2023. What word do you think of when it comes to the Fourth of July? For me it’s not celebration or liberty – although those are certainly important – but stewardship. Independence Day most reminds me of the responsibility we…

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The Monmouth University Poll was recognized in 2013 as the only poll that correctly forecast the outcomes of both the November gubernatorial race and the unprecedented October U.S. Senate contest in New Jersey, leading the Asbury Park Press to call Monmouth’s polling “freakishly accurate.”

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