Governor's Race: A TV Reporter's Chronicle of the 1993 Florio/Whitman Campaign

by Michael Aron

How did Christine Todd Whitman become the first woman governor of New Jersey? How did Jim Florio recover from a miserable 18 percent public approval rating in 1990 to almost win reelection? Political correspondent Michael Aron followed the race, day by day, as he reported it for TV. This is his chronicle of events in this neck-and-neck race. Aron covered the campaign strategies and scandals as they unfolded. His interviews, insights, and stories that never made it into the daily broadcast give a behind-the-scenes slant on the political process.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 081352072X
• ISBN13: 9780813520728
• Release Date: December 1993
• Publisher: Rutgers University Press
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.1" x 8.9"

Customer Reviews

Couldn't put it down

As an English fan of the American political process, I found this book a truly great insight into how the big US races are run. I was also pleased that, unlike other books of this type, the author remained neutral throughout.

accurate and concise from petition to decision.

Michael Aron a fixture on the New Jersey political scene brings both the aware and unaware a vivid and accurate look at one of the closest governor races in the state of New Jersey's history. He mangages to make it all clear not to just the insider but to any political novice reading their first political book. In the end you come away with not only what it takes to win in New Jersey's high stakes politics, but also who and why everything is so high stakes.