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}}</ref> This technique has allowed her to narrow the gap between her and Pallone to a mere six points—and more remarkably still, Pallone had no more than 40 percent of the vote in his district within seventy days of the election.<ref>{{cite web
}}</ref> This technique allowed her to narrow the gap between her and Pallone to a mere six points—and more remarkably still, Pallone had no more than 40 percent of the vote in his district within seventy days of the election.<ref>{{cite web
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|title = Anna Little closes in on Frank Pallone
|title = Anna Little closes in on Frank Pallone
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|date = 2010-08-24
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|publisher = Essex County Elections 2010 Examiner
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However, that turned out to be insufficient. Pallone defeated Little, 55 percent to 44 percent. The most likely reasons for this outcome are:
# Pallone bought advertising on all then-available radio and television slots in the last weekend before the election and roused his liberal base with the advertising.
# Registered Democrats outnumbered registered Republicans in the district by two to one.
# Pallone opened a satellite office in Plainfield, NJ, the only city in Union County that the 6th District includes. That city, plus New Brunswick and Piscataway in Middlesex County, overcame Little's advantage in Monmouth County.
On the day following the election, Little formed a foundation and two political action committees (PACs) and announced her intention to challenge Pallone again in two years. This assumes that Highlands and Long Branch, the respective home towns of Little and Pallone, will actually be in the same congressional district. The New Jersey Congressional Redistricting Commission will sit beginning 20 August 2011 and redraw all congressional districts in New Jersey for 2012. These districts will be one fewer in number (12, down from 13) than the present number. However, the 6th District is severely indented and dispersed, and in fact is the worst district in the country in terms of violation of geographical integrity, the hallmark of [[gerrymandering]]. New Jersey's [[Tea Party Movement]] organizations have pledged to agitate for the drawing of more-compact (and more-competitive) districts, even to drawing up a redistricting plan of their own.<ref>{{cite web
|url = http://www.examiner.com/essex-county-conservative-in-newark/essex-co-activist-wants-tea-party-role-redistricting
|title = Essex Co activists wants Tea Party role in redistricting
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