Runyan Unseats Adler In New Jersey House Race
TRENTON, N.J. (AP) -- Republican Jon Runyan has unseated Democrat John Adler in New Jersey's 3rd Congressional District, returning the seat to the party that had long controlled it.
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The race between the former Philadelphia Eagles lineman Runyan and the first-termer Adler was heated in the district that stretches from the Philadelphia suburbs to the shore.
Both Runyan and tea party organizations criticized Adler, claiming that his campaign planted a phony tea party candidate in the race to take votes from the Republican. Adler and the independent candidate, Peter DeStefano, both denied the accusations.
Adler was a longtime state legislator who won the congressional seat two years ago after the Republican who had long represented it retired.
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