By Matt Rooney
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Republican David Richter is ready for a long count in NJ-03, Save Jerseyans, despite an 11-point deficit with over 40% reporting in the South Jersey district. Why? Because of the unknown (potentially significant) number of mail-in ballots and provisional voters outstanding in the district, notably in GOP vote-rich Ocean County (1/3 of the district).
“We expected the early vote-by-mail to be heavily Democratic, which is what we have seen tonight,” Richter said in a statement to Save Jersey. “We expect the provisionals and Election Day returns to favor Republicans. We look forward to getting the final results once every vote has been counted.”
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This is the first N.J. House race with officially next-to-zero chance of being called Tuesday evening.
