The Nation - News from June 6, 1989
Candidates for governor of New Jersey made final pleas to voters while mobilizing volunteers on the last day of campaigning before today’s primary elections. The four GOP front-runners--Assembly Speaker Chuck Hardwick, U.S. Rep. Jim Courter, former Atty. Gen. Cary Edwards and state Sen. William Gormley--were in a virtual dead heat in the race to succeed Gov. Thomas H. Kean. A fifth major Republican candidate, state Sen. Gerald Cardinale, has lately lagged in the polls. There has been little suspense in the Democratic race, with U.S. Rep. James J. Florio enjoying a nearly insurmountable lead in the polls over Assemblyman Alan Karcher and Princeton Mayor Barbara Sigmund.
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