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>> THAT EVENING, AND THANKS FOR JOINING US THIS MONDAY NIGHT.

I'M BRIANA VANNOZZI.

POLLS OPEN IN LESS THAN 24 HOURS, AND CANDIDATES ARE MAKING THEIR FINAL PITCH TO VOTERS.

SHAKING HANDS, HOLDING RALLIES, AND CALLING IN THE BIG NAMES FOR AN INTENSE FINAL WEEKEND OF CAMPAIGNING.

WARMER PRESIDENT BILL CLINTON VISITED NEW JERSEY SATURDAY, TAKING A LAST-MINUTE CAMPAIGN APPEARANCE IN BERGEN COUNTY FOR DEMOCRATIC INCUMBENT CANDIDATES, HIS FORMER SPEECH WRITER.

CLINTON URGED A CROWD OF A FEW HUNDRED VOTERS TO VOTE FOR A COUNTRY WHERE PEOPLE WORK TOGETHER WITHOUT SPECIFICALLY NAMING REPUBLICANS.

>> YOU CAN'T STAY QUIET.

WERE FIGHTING FOR THE COUNTRY.

WE HAVE GOT TO STOP FIGHTING.

>> HE IS RUNNING FOR A FOURTH TERM IN A RACE WHERE HE IS BEING CONSIDERED THE OVERWHELMING FAVORITES, ESPECIALLY AFTER REDISTRICTING MADE HIS SEAT SAFER, GIVING HIS DISTRICT A BOOST IN DEMOCRATIC VOTERS.

THE APPEARANCE BY THE FORMER PRESIDENT COMES AS DEMOCRATS APPEAR WORRIED HEADING INTO TUESDAY, BRACING FOR POTENTIAL WIDESPREAD LOSSES, WITH REPUBLICANS MORE BULLISH ON THEIR CHANCES OF TAKING CONTROL OF BOTH CHAMBERS OF CONGRESS.

CLINTON WAS ONE OF FOUR FORMER PRESIDENTS ON THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL THIS WEEKEND.

PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN AND BARACK OBAMA APPEARED AT AN EVENT IN PENNSYLVANIA SUNDAY FOR DEMOCRATIC SENATE CANDIDATE JOHN FETTERMAN.

THE FORMER PRESIDENT, DONALD TRUMP, WAS ON THE TRAIL FOR HIS OPPONENT.

THE PENNSYLVANIA RACE IS AMONG THE MOST HOTLY CONTESTED IN THE NATION.

NEW JERSEY, ALL 12 CONGRESSIONAL SEATS ARE UP FOR GRABS, NOT TO MENTION LOCAL MAYORAL RACES, COUNSEL SEATS, AND SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS.

IN YOUR POLITICAL CORRESPONDED DAVID CRUZ LOOKS AT THE ISSUES DRIVING VOTERS TO THE POLLS IN THIS MIDTERM ELECTION.

>> VIOLENT CRIME, SHOOTINGS, HOMICIDES ARE ALL DOWN.

>> YOU CAN FORGIVE SOME REPUBLICAN STRATEGISTS FOR HIGH-FIVING EACH OTHER AS THE STATES TOP DEMOCRAT ON THE DAY BEFORE ELECTION DAY SEEMED TO BE PIVOTING RIGHT, TALKING TOUGH ON CRIME OF ALL THINGS.

SOMETHING REPUBLICANS SEEM TO HAVE HAD SUCCESS BLAMING DEMOCRATS FOR, DESPITE THE GOVERNOR'S PROTESTATIONS TODAY TO THE CONTRARY.

>> HOW DID YOUR PARTY MANAGE TO BUNGLE ITS MESSAGING SO BADLY THAT HERE YOU ARE ON THE DAY BEFORE ELECTION DAY, YOU ARE ESSENTIALLY REACTING TO REPUBLICANS MAKING CRIME A LARGER ISSUE THE DEMOCRATS EXPECTED.

>> I DEFINITELY ARGUE WITH THE PREMISE, BECAUSE THAT'S NOT WHY WE ARE HERE TODAY.

WE ARE GOING TO SEE HOW TOMORROW GOES.

I THINK WE HAVE A BUNCH OF NICE EDGE ELECTIONS, INCLUDING A COUPLE OF OUR HOUSE RACE IS.

I WAS CAMPAIGNING ALL OVER THE STATE OVER THE WEEKEND AS I HAVE BEEN.

THIS IS NOT ATYPICAL FOR A MIDTERM ELECTION, FOR THE PARTY THAT IS THE INCUMBENT, THE PARTY OF THE PRESIDENT.

>> YOU CAN SAY THAT AGAIN.

JOE BIDEN'S NAME RARELY COMES UP WITH DEMOCRATS IN NEW JERSEY.

WE HEAR ABOUT DONALD TRUMP.

REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS, JANUARY 6, LGBT RIGHTS, AND DOWN TOWARDS THE END THERE, THE ECONOMY.

>> IF YOU ARE A DEMOCRAT, THEN YOU ARE VOTING BECAUSE DEMOCRACY IS ON THE LINE, BECAUSE YOU FEEL THAT THERE NEEDS TO BE ACCOUNTABILITY FOR THE JANUARY'S INSURRECTIONS.

AND BECAUSE ROE VERSUS WADE HAS BEEN OVERTURNED, AND THE FUNDAMENTAL RIGHT IN OUR NATION HAS BEEN TAKEN AWAY FROM A WOMAN.

IF YOU ARE A REPUBLICAN, YOU HAVE CONCERNS OVER THE STEWARDSHIP OF THE ECONOMY, SPECIFICALLY INFLATION.

YOU ARE CONCERNED THAT MAYBE ONE PARTY IS IN CHARGE OF THE WHITE HOUSE AND THE SENATE AND THE HOUSE, AND YOU WANT TO PROVIDE SOME EQUILIBRIUM TO THAT.

>> VOTERS, AMONG 700,000 OF WHOM HAVE ALREADY CAST THEIR BALLOT, INCLUDING SOME WE SPOKE TO TODAY, ARE SOMEWHERE BETWEEN DROVE THE BUMS OUT, AND LET'S JUST GET THIS OVER WITH.

>> COME ON, PEOPLE.

WE NEED A BREAK.

THE FOOD PRICES, THE DINER PRICES --I UNDERSTAND THAT.

BUT IT'S TIME FOR A CHANGE.

>> SOME OF THOSE NONNETWORK CHANNELS, EVERY COMMERCIAL REPEAT OVER AND OVER AGAIN ANYTIME THERE'S A BREAK.

AND THEY ARE ALL NEGATIVE.

NOBODY TALKS POSITIVE AT ALL.

>> I THINK IT'S AN ISSUE FOR 70% OF AMERICAN PEOPLE, AS INFLATION, HIGH PRICES, GAS PRICES, AND ABORTION.

>> DEMOCRATS HAD COUNTED ON MOTIVATING THEIR BASE, AND PERHAPS UNAFFILIATED VOTERS AND FOR SURE WOMEN TO GET OUT TO THE POLLS.

THE HEAT AROUND THAT ISSUE, ESPECIALLY HERE WHERE ABORTION RIGHTS ARE SEEN AS SECURE, DOESN'T SEEM TO HAVE TAKEN OVER SO-CALLED POCKETBOOK ISSUES.

>> I'VE SEEN CLOSER RACES WERE OTHER DEMOCRATIC INCUMBENT AND HAVE SEEN CLOSER RACES.

I DON'T KNOW HOW SERIOUSLY ANY OF THEM ARE.

YOU CAN CONSIDER ME AS MORE OF A?

ON WHETHER OR NOT THEY HAVE A RED WAVE MATERIALIZING.

>> BUT BUBBLING UNDER THE PARTISANSHIP OF THESE LAST DAYS BEFORE THE ELECTION, AND APPREHENSION.

A FEAR THAT DEMOCRACY CANNOT WITHSTAND ANOTHER SPASM IN THE WAKE OF A DAY THAT IS SUPPOSED TO SHOWCASE WHAT IS UNIQUE AND GREAT ABOUT THIS COUNTRY.

>> EXCITED AND NERVOUS, BECAUSE YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN.

YOU DON'T KNOW HOW PEOPLE ARE GOING TO REACT IF THEY LOSE, AND I'M HOPING THAT IT'S NOT GOING TO BE THE SAME THING AS IT WAS IN 2020, WHEN PRESIDENT BIDEN WON.

YOU KNOW, I CAN'T IMAGINE ANOTHER YEAR OF PEOPLE SAYING THAT WHOEVER WON IS NOT A LEGITIMATE WINNER.

>> THAT PRESENTS A WHOLE OTHER SET OF ISSUES.

I'M DAVID CRUZ, NJ SPOTLIGHT NEWS.

>> REPUBLICANS HOPING TO RECAPTURE THE SEATS LOST IN THE SO-CALLED BLUE WAVE IN 2018, HISTORICALLY SPEAKING IN MIDTERM ELECTIONS, THE PARTY CONTROLLING THE WHITE HOUSE LOSES SEATS IN CONGRESS.

NEW JERSEY COULD PLAY A KEY ROLE IN THAT POWER SHIFT.

RECENT POLITICAL FORECAST IN TWO DISTRICT CHANGED THE ODDS FOR REPUBLICAN CHALLENGERS.

SENIOR CORRESPONDENT BRENDA FLANAGAN REPORT.

>> Reporter: TOM MALINOWSKI RALLY THE TROOPS IN FLEMINGTON THIS MORNING AS THE INCUMBENT DEMOCRAT SCRAMBLES FOR VOTES IN NEW JERSEY SEVENTH CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT, WHERE HE CLAIMS A POLL SHOWS A 47 TO 47 POINT FIVE.

ANALYST, LIKE THE POLITICAL REPORTS SAY, A SET OF THE DISTRICT REDRAWN TO MAKE IT REDDER AND NOW LEADS REPUBLICAN.

>> REDISTRICTING DID NOT HELP ME, BUT AT THE SAME TIME, WE ALWAYS KNEW IT WAS GOING TO BE A WINNABLE RACE FOR BOTH SIDES.

TOUGHER BOTH SIDES, WINNABLE FOR BOTH SIDES.

THE WINNER IS GOING TO BE WHOEVER WORKS THE HARDEST IN THE FINAL FEW DAYS.

>> Reporter: HE'S HAMMERING THAT MESSAGE AND SHAKING HANDS AND DOWNTOWNS ACROSS THE DISTRICT TODAY.

MALINOWSKI SAYS NO OTHER HOUSE DEMOCRATIC CAMPAIGN LOT MORE VOLUNTEERS ON BOARDED, AND OVER THE PAST SIX WEEKS, ONE VOLUNTEER ASKED FOR A SCRIPT.

>> THERE'S PEOPLE WORRIED ABOUT THE PRICES IN THE SUPERMARKET, OR INFLATION VERSUS DEMOCRACY AND WOMEN'S RIGHTS, ALL THE THINGS THAT WE BELIEVE IN.

>> WHENEVER IN DOUBT, IF YOU WANT TO START A CONVERSATION WITH SOMEONE ABOUT THE ISSUES IN THIS ELECTION, START WITH THE ECONOMY.

WE ARE FIXING THE SUPPLY CHAINS, WE BROUGHT THE JOBS BACK.

>> FORMER SENATE MINORITY LEADER, TOM KEAN JR., HOSTED A PHOTO SOME PREDAWN VOTER CANVASSING IN BERKELEY HEIGHTS.

IT'S HIS THIRD TRY TO WIN THE SEAT.

HE'S OUT SUPPORT FOR THE TRUMP AGENDA, HIGHLIGHTING INFLATION, CRIME, AND IMMIGRATION IN RARE MEDIA APPEARANCES AND DEBATES.

HE WASN'T AVAILABLE FOR AN INTERVIEW TODAY DESPITE SOCIAL MEDIA POST.

>> HE GOES TO AN EVENT FOR FIVE MINUTES, TAKES A PICTURE, AND THEN LEAVES.

>> HE'S THINKING ABOUT INTERACTING WITH LOCAL MEDIA AND REPORTERS, AND THEY ONLY WANT TO TALK ABOUT AN ISSUE THAT REPORTERS HAVE MANUFACTURED, I DO NOT WANT TO TALK ABOUT WHAT'S ON VOTERS MINDS.

VOTERS MINDS, WHETHER IT'S IN NEW JERSEY OR ACROSS THE COUNTRY, IS ECONOMY AND INFLATION.

>> Reporter: MOST OF MADE UP THEIR MINDS.

THEY COST AN EARLY BALLOT FOR MALINOWSKI.

>> I THINK THEY ARE MORE FOR THE PEOPLE.

THEY ARE MORE FORGIVING POLITICS RIGHT, AND GETTING, YOU KNOW, THE CRAZY OUT.

>> MY WIFE AND I ARE ON A FIXED INCOME.

THIS IS CRAZY.

I MEAN, WE CAN'T DO ANYTHING EXTRA BECAUSE WE'RE PUTTING ALL OUR MONEY INTO FOOD, GAS, YOU KNOW.

>> Reporter: CANDIDATES TODAY HAVE TWO MAJOR GOALS.

FIRST YOU RALLY THE BASE AND GET OUT TO VOTE TOMORROW, AND THEN TO CONVINCE UNDECIDED IN A HYPERPOLARIZED POLARIZED ELECTION.

>> I CARE LESS ABOUT THE TRIBALISM OUT THERE IN POLITICS.

THIS IS ABOUT MY WHOLE COMMUNITY.

>> IS FACING A VERY PARTISAN RE-ELECTION BATTLE IN THE THIRD CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT, EVEN THOUGH IT WAS RECONFIGURED TO FAVOR DEMOCRATS.

INFLATION AND CRIME ARE INFLATING SOCIAL ISSUES LIKE ABORTION.

KIM SAYS HE IS ON IT.

>> WERE ABLE TO WORK WITH THE POLICE DEPARTMENT TO GET FEDERAL FUNDING FOR POLICE OFFICERS.

HE'S BEEN CANVASSING THE DISTRICT IN THE FINAL SPRINT AGAINST A TOUGH CHALLENGER, REPUBLICAN BUSINESSMAN BOB HEALY, HIS FAMILY SPENT MILLIONS OF THEIR OWN MONEY ON THE RACE.

>> THERE ONE OF THE HIGHEST SPENDING SELF FUNDERS IN THE COUNTRY.

WE SEEN THE KIND OF WILLINGNESS ON THEIR PART TO JUST -- >> Reporter: HE SAYS KIM IS TOO PROGRESSIVE FOR THIS DISTRICT, EVEN THOUGH IT STILL LEANS DEMOCRATIC, ACCORDING TO COOK.

>> ONE OF THE FIRST THINGS A CONGRESSMAN DID, WAS HE WANTED TO JOIN THE PROGRESSIVE CONDUIT.

THIS IS A FAR LESS THAT IS TALKED ABOUT CUTTING MILITARY BUDGET BY 10%.

>> Reporter: HEALY IS ALSO MUSTERING VOLUNTEERS HERE AT THE REPUBLICAN HEADQUARTERS OF MEDFORD, ART OF A MASSIVE GET OUT THE VOTE EFFORT THAT WILL PROVE CRITICAL IN THIS RACE.

>> THEY MAKE OVER 45,000 PHONE CALLS A WEEK.

THEY BEEN KNOCKING ON $11,000 A WEEK.

>> WHO SAID HE WOULD NEVER BE, QUOTE, A RUBBERSTAMP FOR ANY POLITICAL PARTY OR SPECIAL INTEREST.

HE CITES A BIPARTISAN VOTING RECORD, BUT HEALY DISAGREES.

>> HE JUST VOTED WITH HIS PARTY.

THAT'S NOT THE JOB.

THE JOB OF A CONGRESSMAN IS TO VOTING THE BEST INTEREST OF THE PEOPLE YOU REPRESENT.

>> Reporter: THE ONLY POLLS THAT TRULY COUNT OPEN AT 6:00 A.M.

TOMORROW.

>>> NEW JERSEY VOTERS ARE JUST BEING ASKED TO CHOOSE MEMBERS OF CONGRESS ON THE BALLOTS TOMORROW.

IN NEARLY A DOZEN DISTRICT, VOTERS WILL DECIDE WHETHER TO APPROVE HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS ON PROPOSED SCHOOL CONSTRUCTION, PLANS THAT RANGE FROM NEW HEATING AND AIR CONDITIONING SYSTEMS TO PERMANENTLY BOOSTING THE LOCAL TAX LEVY IN ORDER TO HIRE MORE TEACHERS AND STAFF.

THE BALLOT QUESTION IN MONTCLARE IS GETTING A LOT OF ATTENTION, BOTH FOR PROPOSING IMPROVEMENT TO EVERY SCHOOL IN THE DISTRICT, AND FOR CARRYING THE BIGGEST PRICE TAG.

SENIOR CORRESPONDENT JOANNA GAGIS REPORTS.

>> IT SUCH A TREMENDOUS WINDFALL, AND IS GOING TO FINALLY PROVIDE THESE CHILDREN AND OUR STAFF MEMBERS AND THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS WITH THE ENVIRONMENT THEY TRULY DESERVE.

>> THE CHERRY HILL SCHOOL DISTRICT IS CELEBRATING THE PASSAGE OF A BOND REFERENDUM VOTED ON BY THE COMMUNITY LAST MONTH.

>> THE BOARD OF EDUCATION, THE FOLKS THAT ARE INVOLVED IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE BOND, ADMITTED A CONSCIOUS DECISION AS AN ELECTION, BECAUSE THEY WANTED THE COMMUNITY TO FOCUS JUST ON THE REFERENDUM.

THEY DID WANT TO GET LOST IN THE GENERAL ELECTION, OR IN THE MIDST OF THE MIDTERM.

>> Reporter: MANY ARE PROPOSING SIMILAR BUT SMALLER REFERENDUMS, UP FOR A VOTE TOMORROW ON ELECTION DAY, MONTCLARE ASKING FOR NEARLY $188 MILLION FOR SCHOOL REPAIRS.

>> EVERYONE OF THE BUILDINGS EXCEPT THE YOUNGEST BUILDING NEEDED ITS RACK WORK.

WE HAVE ROOMS THAT OUT OF THEIR WARRANTIES, WAY OVER.

I'M TALKING ABOUT A 30 YEAR WARRANTY THAT THEY ARE NOW IN THEIR 60th YEAR.

SO MUCH SO THAT WE WERE ABLE TO DO SOME OF THE THINGS LIKE WE WANTED TO DO LIKE SOLAR.

WE NEEDED TO PUT ELECTRICAL UPGRADES IN EACH BUILDING TO SUPPORT THE NEW EQUIPMENT THAT MIGHT COME IN.

SOME OF THE BUILDINGS NEED JUST BASIC STRUCTURAL CHANGES.

BECAUSE YOU CAN SEE HERE, WE HAVE VARIED CLASSROOMS.

>> IT'S A SAME STORY ACROSS MANY OF THE DISTRICTS, FOCUSING ON STRUCTURAL UPGRADES AND REPAIRS IN BUILDINGS THAT ARE CLOSE TO 100 YEARS OLD.

BUT THESE DISTRICTS ARE ALSO HOPING TO ENHANCE HER EDUCATIONAL OFFERINGS, LIKE ASKING FOR ABOUT $22 MILLION THAT WILL INCLUDE REPLACING FURNITURE IN EVERY CLASSROOM.

>> WE ARE TRYING TO ALLIED ALL OF OUR CURRICULAR INITIATIVES TO A MUCH MORE MOBILE ENVIRONMENT.

WE ARE HOPING THAT THROUGH THE UTILIZATION OF THIS NEW FURNITURE, OUR TEACHERS WILL BE ABLE TO CREATE SIX, SEVEN, EIGHT, NINE DIFFERENT KINDS OF CLASSROOMS THAT UPS.

>> Reporter: HE SAYS THIS WILL ALLOW FOR MORE COLLABORATION BETWEEN STUDENTS, OR CREATIVITY FOR THE TEACHERS -- >> AND QUITE FRANKLY ALLOW STUDENTS TO MOVE.

WE'VE DONE A LOT OF RESEARCH ON THIS FRONT.

IF YOU WALK INTO A CLASSROOM TODAY AND YOU LOOK AT OUR STUDENTS, THERE IS A NECESSITY FOR THEM TO HAVE THEM SITTING STILL IN A CLASSROOM AND IT CERTAINLY IS NOT GOING TO PROVIDE THEM WITH THE BEST OPPORTUNITY FOR LEARNING.

>> SUPERINTENDENT VINCE CAPUTO SAYS THE REFERENDUM IS REALLY IN RESPONSE TO THE DEMANDS OF HIS COMMUNITY, WANTING AIR CONDITIONING ON HOT DAYS OF SCHOOL, AND -- >> THEY WANT ALL-DAY KINDERGARTEN.

97 STUDENTS IN THE STATE OF NEW JERSEY HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO GO TO FULL-DAY KINDERGARTEN.

WE ARE ONE OF THE OUTLIERS NOW.

>> DISTRICTS ARE LIMITED, BECAUSE MUNICIPALITIES HAVE A 2% CAP ON THEIR TAX INCREASES.

THEY SAY THAT HAS PUSHED DISTRICTS TOWARDS REFERENDUM.

>> THE BIGGER IMPACT THAT WE'VE HAD, WE WERE SO DRAMATICALLY UNDERFUNDED BY THE STATE OF NEW JERSEY IN TERMS OF HOW MUCH MONEY WE RECEIVED, VERSUS WHAT WE SHOULD HAVE RECEIVED BASED ON THE STATE FUNDING FORMULA.

>> BUT THEY ARE ABLE TO RECOUP SOME OF THAT THROUGH THE REFERENDUM.

>> OF THE $336 MILLION REFERENDUM, THE STATE HAS ALREADY CAN FIRMED THEY WILL PAY ABOUT $113 MILLION FOR THAT.

A LITTLE MORE THAN 35% OF THE OVERALL COST, THE STATE WILL BEAR FOR US.

>> A SIMILAR SELLING POINT FOR MANY OF THESE DISTRICTS THEN I WAIT TO SEE HOW THE VOTERS RESPOND TOMORROW.

I JOANNA GAGIS, NJ SPOTLIGHT NEWS.

>> THE POLLS AREN'T EVEN OPEN, AND ALREADY HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF NEW JERSEY RESIDENTS CAST THEIR BALLOTS.

EARLY VOTER TURNOUT IS LIKELY TO BE A KEY INDICATOR FOR THE PARTIES HEADING INTO TUESDAY, WHERE EVEN THE CANDIDATES CONSIDERED SAFE ARE RUNNING LIKE THEY ARE IN A COMPETITIVE RACE.

HERE TO TALK ABOUT WHAT WE KNOW SO FAR HEADING INTO ELECTION DAY A SENIOR PROJECT EDITOR COLLEEN O'DEA.

COLLEEN, OF COURSE, THE OTHER BIG CONGRESSIONAL RACES ARE IN DISTRICT FIVE AND 11.

I'M CURIOUS, THOUGH, IS ANYONE A SURE BET?

IT KIND OF SEEMS LIKE EVERYONE IS RUNNING AS THOUGH THEY ARE IN A HOTLY CONTESTED RACE.

>> THEY SURE ARE.

AT THE END OF LAST WEEK, ONE OF THE POLITICAL RATINGS RIGHTS DOWNGRADED THE CHERYL RACE FROM SAFE DEMOCRAT TO LIKELY DEMOCRATS.

SO, I MEAN, IT'S STILL LIKELY, RIGHT?

IT'S NOT A HUGE DOWNGRADE, BUT THE IDEA THAT IT WAS DOWNGRADED AT ALL IS REALLY KIND OF SURPRISING, BECAUSE THAT HAD BEEN CAN SAVE ALL ALONG.

IF YOU LOOK AT THE RACE, THE FACT THAT HE HAD PRESIDENT CLINTON COME IN TO CAMPAIGN WITH HIM WOULD CERTAINLY BE AN INDICATION THAT PERHAPS THEIR INTERNAL POLLING IS NOT SHOWING THAT IT'S GOING TO BE ANY KIND OF A SLAMDUNK.

>> YEAH, THESE WERE RACES THAT A FEW MONTHS AGO ARE ALL BUT LOCKED UP.

AND NOW THE PEOPLE COMING IN AND THE MONEY BEINGS BENT, IT PAINTS A DIFFERENT PICTURE.

>> WRITES, I WAS LITERALLY GOING TO SAY, THE HOUSE MAJORITY PAC PUT ANOTHER $400 MILLION INTO THE CONGRESSIONAL RACES AND THE HOT RACES, FIVE, SEVEN, 11, MAYBE SEVEN AS WELL.

IN TOTAL, WE GOT $222 MILLION IN OUTSIDE MONEY SPENT SO FAR.

THERE'S GOING TO BE MORE TRICKLING IN, AT LEAST IN THE LAST FEW HOURS HERE.

14 MILLION OF THAT WAS SPENT IN THE SEVEN DISTRICT, THE MALINOWSKI/TRAN13 RACE.

A LOT OF MONEY GOING ON OUT HERE, TRYING TO INFLUENCE PEOPLE.

>> WHAT IS VOTER TURNOUT LOOKING LIKE, COLLEEN?

A LOT MORE PEOPLE USING VOTE BY MAIL THIS YEAR.

IT WAS INTRODUCED IN LAST THE COUPLE HERE IN NEW JERSEY.

WHAT'S IT LOOKING LIKE IN THIS LAST HOUR?

THE MAGGOTS UP A LITTLE BIT OVER LAST YEAR, WHICH WAS A GOVERNORS YEAR, SO IT WASN'T A CONGRESSIONAL YEAR.

I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO THINK ABOUT THAT.

I THINK I MIGHT'VE FIGURED IT MIGHT'VE BEEN UP MORE BECAUSE PEOPLE OF GOTTEN MORE USED TO IT, BUT WE JUST DON'T KNOW IF PEOPLE ARE GOING TO SHOW UP AT THE POLLS.

MAYBE PEOPLE WANT TO GO OUT AND VOTE ON TUESDAY.

WE HAVE 726,000 VOTING EARLY.

THAT INCLUDES BOTH THE IN PERSON SO FAR, AND THE VOTE BY MAIL.

THAT COMPARES WITH ABOUT 702,000 LAST YEAR.

AGAIN, IN A GOVERNORS RACE, 214,000 OF THEM ACTUALLY DID GO AND VOTE EARLY IN PERSON, AND THAT'S UP FROM ABOUT 208,000 LAST YEAR.

AND THAT EARLY VOTING IN PERSON.

MAC IS DONE WITH.

>> RIGHT, IT'S NOT APPLES TO APPLES.

IT'S REALLY TOUGH TO MAKE A COMPARISON.

ARE THERE ANY INDICATIONS THAT EITHER PARTY IS BEING FAVORED WITH THESE EARLY VOTES?

>> IT'S DEFINITELY THE DEMOCRATS, AND THAT'S WHAT WE'VE BEEN SAYING ALL ALONG NOW.

CERTAINLY LAST YEAR WITH EARLY IN PERSON, AND THE VOTE BY MAIL FOR THE LAST FEW YEARS.

MANY MORE DEMOCRATS VOTING, USING BOTH OF THOSE METHODS.

BUT AGAIN, TWO MORE REPUBLICANS COME OUT TO THE POLLS ON TUESDAY.

WE JUST DON'T KNOW.

SO WE DON'T KNOW HOW THAT'S WHAT THE IMPACT THINGS, EXCEPT WHEN WE ARE GOING TO COUNT THE VOTES AND FIND OUT, YOU KNOW, TUESDAY NIGHT WHAT THE RESULTS ARE, BECAUSE THERE STILL WILL BE MAIL-IN BALLOT OUT STANDING.

THEY WILL TREND TOWARDS DEMOCRATS, SO IT WILL BE DIFFICULT TO, I THINK, CALL AT LEAST SOME OF THE RACES.

>> THAT LEADS ME TO THE BIG QUESTION.

ARE WE GOING TO HAVE RESULTS TOMORROW NIGHT?

ARE WE GOING TO KNOW THE OUTCOMES OF SOME OF THESE MORE CONTESTED RACES?

>> DEPENDING ON HOW TIGHT AM OF THESE RACES ARE, THINKING ABOUT THE SEVENTH DISTRICT OR MAYBE THE THIRD DISTRICT, WE CERTAINLY MIGHT BE WAITING FOR DAYS, IF NOT LONGER, TO GET FINAL RESULT.

>> THERE ARE LOCAL LACES AND COUNCIL SEATS.

A LOT TO WATCH FOR.

GO VOTE IF YOU HAVEN'T ALREADY.

COLLEEN O'DEA, THANKS SO MUCH.

JUST ONE DAY OUT TO THE ELECTION, AND WE GOT YOU COVERED FOR EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW.

HAD TO NJ SPOTLIGHT NEWS.ORG, THEN CLICK ON THE NJ DECIDES 2022 TAB TO FOLLOW ALONG WITH THE RACES WE ARE WATCHING, CANDIDATE PROFILES, AND MORE DETAILS ON YOUR DISTRICT, ALONG WITH ALL THE OPTIONS AVAILABLE TO CAST YOUR VOTE, EVEN IF YOU CAN'T MAKE IT TO THE POLLS.

TUNE IN HERE TUESDAY EVENING.

WE WILL BRING YOU LIVE ELECTION RACE RESULTS AND ANALYSIS STARTING AT 8:00 P.M. WITH A SPECIAL EDITION OF REPORTERS ROUNDTABLE SENIOR POLITICAL CORRESPONDENT DAVID CRUZ.

AND THEN AT 9:00 P.M., JOIN ME IN THE ENTIRE NJ SPOTLIGHT NEWS TEAM FOR OUR NJ DECIDES 2022 ELECTION NIGHT COVERAGE.

IT'S ALL RIGHT HERE ON NJ PBS, AND STREAMING ON OUR NJ SPOTLIGHT NEWS YOUTUBE CHANNEL.

>>> WITH A POPULATION OF 9 MILLION RESIDENTS, NEW JERSEY WILL PLAY A SIGNIFICANT ROLE IN FIGHTING THE CLIMATE CRISIS.

RHONDA SCHAFFLER HAS DETAILS ON THE STATE INPUT BY THE GLOBAL CLIMATE CONFERENCE.

PLUS, TONIGHT'S TOP BUSINESS HEADLINES.

>> CLIMATE CHANGES ON THE MINDS OF NEW JERSEY'S WITH A RECENT RUTGERS EAGLETON POLL FINDING 70% THE RESIDENCE BELIEVE CLIMATE CHANGE POSES A THREAT.

THIS WEEK, LEADERS FROM AROUND THE WORLD ARE GATHERING AT A CLIMATE CHANGE CONFERENCE IN EGYPT KNOWN AS COP 27.

AMONG THOSE ATTENDING IS RALPH IZZO, EXECUTIVE CHAIRMAN OF THE PUBLIC SERVICE ENTERPRISE GROUP.

HE SAYS THE NEED TO REDUCE CARBON EMISSIONS IS GREATER THAN EVER BEFORE, BUT GEOPOLITICS IS GETTING IN THE WAY.

>> THE RUSSIAN INVASION IN UKRAINE HAS CHANGED ENERGY USAGE DRASTICALLY THIS YEAR.

QUITE CANDIDLY, CLIMATE CHANGE IS DEALING WITH THE PRICE PEOPLE ARE PAYING, AND THE RELIABILITY AND ACCESS TO SUPPLY.

>> DIV ALIGN THEMSELVES WITH THE MURPHY ADMINISTRATIONS CLEAN GOALS BY BOOSTING ENERGY EFFICIENCY EFFORTS AND INVESTING IN SOLAR AND WIND ENERGY.

MEANTIME, THE STATE IS CONSIDERING WHETHER TO ESTABLISH A PILOT PROGRAM AIMED AT ATTRACTING CLEAN ENERGY MANUFACTURERS TO NEW JERSEY.

THE NEW JERSEY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY IS SEEKING THE PUBLIC'S INPUT TO HELP DEVELOP A GRANT OR FORGIVABLE LOAN PROGRAM THAT WOULD OFFSET THE COST FOR NEW JERSEY COMPANIES OR INSTITUTIONS THAT PROCURE CLEAN ENERGY TECHNOLOGIES FROM MANUFACTURERS WHO ARE LOOKING TO EXPAND OR SET UP A PRESENCE IN THE GARDEN STATE.

THE PROGRAM WOULD ALSO AIM TO CREATE CLEAN ENERGY MANUFACTURING JOBS.

THEY WILL CONTINUE TO SEEK PUBLIC INTEREST IN THE PROGRAM UNTIL NOVEMBER 22nd.

>>> CONSUMER CONFIDENCE IN THE HOUSING MARKET HAS JUST HIT AN ALL-TIME LOW, ACCORDING TO A SENTIMENT SURVEY FROM THE HOUSING FINANCE COMPANY FANNIE MAE.

JUST 16% OF THOSE SURVEYED IN OCTOBER SAY NOW IS A GOOD TIME TO BUY A HOME.

THAT'S THE LOWEST RATING SINCE FANNIE MAE STARTED TRACKING SENTIMENT IN 2011.

37% OF THOSE SURVEYED BELIEVE HOME PRICES WILL FALL OVER THE NEXT 12 MONTH PERIOD NOW HERE IS A CHECK ON HOW WALL STREET STARTED OFF.

I'M RHONDA SCHAFFLER, AND THOSE ARE YOUR TOP BUSINESS STORIES.

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>> AND THAT DOES IT FOR US TONIGHT.

MAKE SURE YOU HEAD OVER TO NJ'S LIGHT NEWS.ORG AND FOLLOW US ON OUR SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORMS TO KEEP UP WITH ALL THE LATEST NEWS ON THE GARDEN STATE.

I'M BRIANA VANNOZZI.

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WE WILL SEE YOU RIGHT BACK HERE TOMORROW ON ELECTION DAY.

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NOBODY.

I LOOK FORWARD TO GETTING OLDER WITH MY WIFE.

THAT POSSIBLE NOW.

>> WE ARE EXPANDING LIVES OF LIVING DONOR PROGRAMS AND WORLD-RENOWNED CARROT TWO OF NEW JERSEY'S WORLD-RENOWNED HOSPITALS.

RJW BARNABAS HEALTH.

LET'S BE HEALTHY TOGETHER.