New Jersey is poised to lose yet another Congressional seat when reapportionment occurs in 2010, which would take effect in the 2012 Congressional session.
Herb Jackson, who's reporting that story notes that there's questions over where in New Jersey the seat should come from - with Democrats predictably looking to unseat Republicans, and Republicans doing likewise to Democrats. Things are pretty close right now based on population studies.
I'd suggest looking at why the state is losing residents to other parts of the country. Could it be the insanely high tax burden in the state? Reduce the tax burden, and people will be more inclined to stay in the Garden State. Polls have suggested that 49% of New Jerseyeans want to leave the state.
No one in Trenton seems concerned about the correlation between high taxes and losing population - and the resulting tax base.
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