A New Jersey school choice advocate says he will not miss the state's outgoing Governor John Corzine or his ineffective methods of improving education for inner-city minorites.

Educational reform supporters are excited about the election of New Jersey's Republican Chris Christie. Governor-elect Christie took a strong stand on education during his campaign, promising that he would not turn a blind eye to the plight of inner-city minorities who are stuck in underperforming schools and are years behind their white peers. Derrell Bradford, deputy director for Excellent Education for Everyone, says outgoing Democratic Governor John Corzine was an agent of the status quo...

NEWARK – Putting his own political capital on the line, President Barack Obama headlined a pair of get-out-the-vote rallies for New Jersey Gov. Jon Corzine Sunday, two days before the election.

Corzine, deadlocked in the polls with Republican Chris Christie, is hoping Obama’s star power will rouse this state’s Democratic base while the White House is wagering that their 11th-hour boost could put the unpopular incumbent over the top and lessen attention on the party’s anticipated loss in the Virginia gubernatorial contest.

At afternoon rallies here and earlier in Camden, N.J, Obama delivered similar speeches, urging large, raucous crowds to not only reelect the unpopular Corzine but to work for him with the same fervor they did in last year’s presidential race...