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In July 2009 a major corruption probe led to the arrests of 44 New Jersey officials, in which 43 were Democrats. A member of Jon Corzine's cabinet, Commissioner of Community Affairs Joseph Doria was raided by the FBI.
In July 2009 a major corruption probe led to the arrests of 44 New Jersey officials, in which 43 were Democrats. A member of Jon Corzine's cabinet, Commissioner of Community Affairs Joseph Doria was raided by the FBI.
A ''New York Times'' poll in 2009 found that 51% of state residents disapproved of how Corzine was handling corruption in the state. Even worse, 77% complained that corruption would either increase or stay the same if Corzine was re-elected. Hurting the governor is that he once ran Goldman Sachs, the recently bailed-out bank at the center of the national financial crisis. "With Corzine there is a sense of resignation, and a feeling that there are a lot of unfulfilled promises," explains Ross Baker, a political scientist at Rutgers University. "He has not changed the way business is done in Trenton."<ref> [http://www.time.com/time/politics/article/0,8599,1931331,00.html?xid=thepage_newsletter ''Time'' Oct. 21, 2009]</ref>
===Government Shutdown===
===Government Shutdown===