Chris Christie Headed for Big Win Despite Cory Booker's Triumph

Newark Mayor Cory Booker expanded the Democratic majority in the U.S. Senate when he beat former Bogota Mayor Steve Lonegan, the Republican in the race, but it doesnt seem to be hurting Republican Gov. Chris Christie. Booker won 55 percent of the vote while Lonegan trailed with 44 percent.

A Quinnipiac University poll released on Thursday shows Christie romping to victory over New Jersey state Sen. Barbara Buono, the Democratic candidate, 62 percent to 33 percent. Quinnipiac released a poll last week which showed the exact same results. Independents are propelling Christie to victory as he carries 71 percent of them while Buono can only muster 21 percent of them.

"Governor Christopher Christie was able to keep Mayor Cory Booker off the November ballot, and the governor certainly looks like a winner in his race against State Senator Barbara Buono," said Maurice Carroll, the director of the Quinnipiac University Polling Institute. "One caution: Blow-out polls tend to have a self-correcting factor so that the lead can shrink a bit on Election Day."

The poll of 1,938 likely New Jersey voters was taken from Oct. 10-14 and had a margin of error of +/- 2.2 percent.