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New Jersey Democratic Sen. Menendez wins second term | Essentials

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New Jersey Democratic Sen. Menendez wins second term

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TRENTON, N.J. –  New Jersey voters on Tuesday sent U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez back to Washington for another six-year term in a lopsided race in which the Republican challenger never figured out a way to dent the better-known, cash-flush incumbent. Menendez, a 58-year-old Democrat, easily defeated veteran state Sen. Joe Kyrillos, 52, who was making his first bid for Senate. He ran for Congress in 1992, his only other losing campaign in a quarter-century political career. Menendez also outraised Kyrillos nearly 3-to-1, according to the latest federal election filings. "In this election, I wanted to run a positive campaign that ended the politics of personal destruction that we have seen over the last decade in New Jersey," Menendez said.

People:

Sen. Joe Kyrillos

Overall Sentiment: -0.110679

Relevance: 0.88087

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-0.131515Kyrillos complained about being "significantly out-funded" ...
0.297732"Tonight we end this great effort," Kyrillos said. ...
0.317581"Tonight we end this great effort," Kyrillos said. "I've loved this campaign. I've loved every minute of it."
Sentiment Stats:
  • Number of Quotes: 3
  • Aggregate Sentiment: 0.483798
  • Mean: 0.161266
  • Standard Deviation: 1.4142135623731

Bob Menendez

Overall Sentiment: -0.0199708

Relevance: 0.588883

SentimentQuote
-0.0475668"In this election, I wanted to run a positive campaign that ended the politics of personal destruction that we have seen over the last decade in New Jersey," Menendez said. ...
0"In this election I looked straight at you in the camera and told you this is where I came from, this is who I am, this is what I have done for you the last six years in the U.S. Senate," he said. ...
Sentiment Stats:
  • Number of Quotes: 2
  • Aggregate Sentiment: -0.0475668
  • Mean: -0.0237834
  • Standard Deviation: 0
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President Barack Obama

Overall Sentiment: 0.236135

Relevance: 0.331055

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Gov. Chris Christie

Overall Sentiment: 0.14658

Relevance: 0.253339

love Menendez

Overall Sentiment: 0.115499

Relevance: 0.247117

Patrick Murray

Overall Sentiment: 0

Relevance: 0.199342

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0.0389865Murray said, a combination that tends to send voters "to the default position, which is to give the incumbent another term," ...
Sentiment Stats:
  • Number of Quotes: 1
  • Aggregate Sentiment: 0.0389865
  • Mean: 0.0389865
  • Standard Deviation: 1.4142135623731

Superstorm Sandy

Overall Sentiment: -0.0757821

Relevance: 0.185634

Republican Rep. Jon Runyan

Overall Sentiment: 0

Relevance: 0.176969

Mitt Romney

Overall Sentiment: 0.170229

Relevance: 0.163209

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Rabbi Shmuley Boteach

Overall Sentiment: 0.0988552

Relevance: 0.161218

Donald Payne Jr.

Overall Sentiment: 0

Relevance: 0.150088

Donald Sr.

Overall Sentiment: 0

Relevance: 0.13165

Shelley Adler

Overall Sentiment: 0

Relevance: 0.126101

Mary Pat

Overall Sentiment: 0

Relevance: 0.115478

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  • The Mean is meant to be an indicator of an individual's average comment sentiment.
  • The Standard Deviation, when there are enough quotes, will indicate an individual's consistency of sentiment (i.e. a Standard Deviation of 0 would mean they were very consistent in their sentiment and 1 would mean they were very inconsistent).

Note that quote stats are likely to be meaningless beyond the aggregate score due to the tiny sample size. However, they are always provided just in case you find something useful there.

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StateOrCounty: New Jersey

Overall Sentiment: -0.0980897

Relevance: 0.302956

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