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• Source: Bergen Record
• Date: October 02, 2006
• URL: Read the story
• Bylines: Herb Jackson
• Topics: Elections , State Government
• Data Types: State Data
• Description/Excerpt: Herb Jackson of the Bergen Record used state data to show that while New Jersey Senate candidate Tom Kean Jr. touts his independence, "Kean's record as a legislator shows he may not be the independent fighter he says he is. Not only does he serve in the Republican leadership in Trenton, a database analysis by The Record found that Kean voted the same way most of his GOP colleagues did at least 93 percent of the time." The paper compiled records on 2,668 votes cast by Kean since 2001.