Christie Garners Unusual Support from South Brunswick

Generally considered at left-leaning Democratic stronghold, South Brunswick broke from the norm in Tuesday's general election overwhelmingly supporting incumbent Republican Gov. Chris Christie over Democratic challenger Barbara Buono.

Despite Middlesex County being Buono's home, South Brunswick voters gave strong support to the incumbent governor, as Christie waltzed back to Drumthwacket with an estimated 60-39 percent victory over his Democratic challenger. South Brunswick fell in line with the rest of the state, as Gov. Christie handily won 29 of 30 districts in the township.

"How about this, New Jersey?'' Christie said to an overflow crowd at Convention Hall in Asbury Park Tuesday evening. "Tonight, I stand here as your governor and I am so proud.''

The final tally saw Christie defeat Buono 5,581 to 3,712 in South Brunswick. Only in the township's district 19 did Buono best Christie, by a total of 121 to 108.

In her concession speech, Buono slammed members of her party Tuesday after losing the race to the Republican incumbent, according to The Huffington Post.

"The Democratic political bosses, some elected and some not, made a deal with this governor," she said, according to NorthJersey.com. "They didn’t do it for the state. They did it out of a desire to help themselves."

When the final votes were tallied, Middlesex County voted overwhelmingly to re-elect Christie by a total of 100,895 votes to 69,609 in Buono's home county. Voter turnout was 36.98 percent, as 176,002 of the 475,887 registered voters in the county came out Tuesday night.