I'm as excited about this year's New Jersey gubernatorial race as much as anyone, maybe more. I can't wait to see how the two candidates define the contest and each other.

But I have to admit, I smiled at this breathless line in Associated Press reporter Angela Delli Santi's otherwise excellent analysis of the race:

Republican Christopher J. Christie and Gov. Jon S. Corzine are set to do battle in the only governor's race in the country to feature an incumbent Democrat [emphasis mine].

Sounds like a big deal — the only gov race with an incumbent Democrat! But wait: There are all of two gov races in the country this year, New Jersey and Virginia!

That must mean there's more history in the making: Virginia is the only governor's race in the country without an incumbent running!

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