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Hillary, McCain Campaign in New Jersey
The candidates for New Jersey governor called in two of the nation's most prominent senators Friday to help rally support as polls showed the race tight with less than three weeks to go. Democratic nominee Jon Corzine appeared alongside New York Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton. Republican contender Doug Forrester brought in Arizona Sen. John McCain. Clinton addressed a crowd of 1,500 women, telling them Corzine has "the best combination for public service: He has a great mind, big heart." Clinton said she got to know Corzine when both were new to the Senate in the first years of the Bush administration.
Story Continues Below "John and I stood together as they tried to roll back the rights of Americans and particularly the rights of women," Clinton said. "He was a strong, staunch ally." McCain, speaking to about 200 Republican Party faithful at a community college in Middletown, said Forrester can restore "faith and confidence and integrity in the Statehouse of New Jersey." Recent polls show the race as either about even or with Corzine holding an apparent lead. Both candidates are financing most of their own campaigns, spending a combined $45 million as of Oct. 11. Corzine, 58, is a first-term senator and former CEO of the Wall Street firm Goldman Sachs. Forrester, 52, is a former mayor and the co-owner of a prescription-benefits company.
The Nov. 8 election is one of only two governor's races in the nation this year. The other is in Virginia.
Editor's note:
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