Winners

Losers

Dominick Fiorilli

John McCain's N.J. campaign manager plays a key role in securing the endorsement of Linden's mayor, and gets his candidate and his candidate's wife in the state for events.

Dina Matos

The former First Lady loses big time in her divorce judgment.

Frank Lautenberg

The Democratic U.S. Senator keeps his lead, ahead of Dick Zimmer by 7 points in a new Quinnipiac poll.

JON CORZINE

The Democratic Governor can't get New Jerseyans to like him.

Stephanie Bush-Baskette

The former Assemblywoman and DCA Commissioner wins a race for Democratic National Committeewoman.

Roz Samuels

The superdelegate who switched from Clinton to Obama is dumped from her seat as a Democratic National Commitetewoman.

Christopher Christie

The Republican U.S. Attorney is in a statistical dead heat with Gov. Jon Corzine in an '09 Quinnipiac poll, leading 41%-40%.

Gerald Speziale

The Passaic County Sheriff secretly applies to be the Galveston, Texas police chief and fails. And he won't talk about it.

Barack Obama

The Democratic presidential candidate has a 10 point lead in N.J.

ANTHONY CARABELLI JR.

The Mercer County Freeholder's son is deemed unqualified for his job as Trenton's Economic Development Director by the state.