The Road to the State House

The Governor's former girlfriend is on talk radio, a comedian is staging a write-in campaign for Governor, and Joe the Plumber was in town for a campaign event. Has this year's Legislative Correspondents Club Show started already? No, it's just politics as usual in the Garden State, as the Hall Institute's Richard Lee reminds us in ‘Pseudo-events’ Won’t Tell Us Who Should Be Governor.

Hall Institute To Sponsor
GOP Primary Debate

The Hall Institute will co-sponsor the first debate between the Republican candidates for Governor.

The 60-minute debate between Chris Christie and Steve Lonegan will take place Tuesday, May 12, at New Jersey Network studios in Trenton, starting at 8 p.m. It will be televised live and re-broadcast on Friday, May 15, at 10 p.m.

Campaign Podcasts— For more on the Governor's race, listen to the weekly Hall Institute podcasts hosted by Richard Lee:

Ben Dworkin, Director of the Rebovich Institute for New Jersey Politics at Rider University, discusses the upcoming GOP gubernatorial debate. Play
Patrick Murray, Director of the Monmouth University Polling Institute, explains the significance of early polls. Play

Judicial Empathy— As the search for a new U.S. Supreme Court Justice begins, Hall Institute Executive Director Michael P. Riccards ponders whether empathy and the duties of the judicial branch are mutually exclusive. Read

Brain Damage— Hall Institute Deputy Communications Director Jarrett E. Chapin reviews three recent studies which suggest that poverty causes damage to developing brains. Read

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In 2006 and 2008, the institute presented online Virtual Debates among the candidates in New Jersey's U.S. Senate race. We also sponsored NJ2008, a special section on New Jersey's role in the 2008 presidential campaign.

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