BRIDGEWATER – You would think Phil Murphy is bound to take an early lead when the polls close.
After all, the estimated 730,000 early and vote-by-mail ballots are tilting Democrat in a rather big way.
So, you have to figure the earliest returns will show Murphy with a nice lead.
Jack Ciattarelli, like the governor, is a baseball fan.
So in baseball-speak, this may be the equivalent of a team having an 8-game lead at the All-Star break.
We say “may be,” because this assumption is based on county election officials tabulating and reporting the early vote soon after the polls closed.
Here at the Bridgeqater Marriott, the crowd is arriving and as usual, optimism is in the air.