Kean faithful remain hopeful despite predictions

Kean supporters are having tense discussions as results begin to come in. One staff member said that Kean is up 51 percentage points to 49, with 7 percent of precincts reporting. As one press member said to the group of Kean supporters, "three networks have called it for Menendez," the response was that it is too early to tell. Next to me, a reporter looking at an exit poll from CNN says that Menendez carried both women and men, while Kean won 49 percent of the caucasian vote.

-- Mike Shapiro, in Bridgewater with the Kean campaign