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Chris Good - Chris Good is a political reporter for ABC News. He was previously an associate editor at The Atlantic and a reporter for The Hill.

Corzine Concedes: Democrats Have An Agenda To Carry Forward

By Chris Good
Nov 3 2009, 11:12 PM ET Comment

New Jersey Gov. Jon Corzine (D) actually managed to rally the crowd during his concession speech tonight, and he did it by talking about the national Democratic/progressive agenda--which was somewhat fitting, given that New Jersey was supposed to be the race most apt to be called a referendum on President Obama and his party.

Corzine delivered an applause line when he said his loss "does not mean...the Democrats across this state, across this country, don't have an agenda to carry forward. It's important that we fight for health care, it is important that we make sure our children have the kind of education that I know New Jerseyans want, it's important that we fight for collective bargaining and the rights of labor."


His supporters "will keep up the good fight for New Jersey, progressive values and everything that we believe in," Corzine said.

With 97 percent of precincts in, Christie had Corzine bested 49 percent to 44 percent.
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