Jon S. Corzine
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Corzine Jon S. Corzine
Gov. Jon S. Corzine stormed into the State House in January with a financial background that, to many voters, suggested that Mr. Corzine could be New Jersey's swashbuckling fiscal savior, an image that the new governor did little to deflect. But with his $30.9 billion budget proposal, Mr. Corzine all but acknowledged that, because of years of questionable budget making by his predecessors, he would be spending much of his time trying to bring the state's spending under control. While Mr. Corzine, a liberal Democrat, might have wanted to promote a progressive agenda, he seemed resigned that he would first have to resolve the state's chronic budget problems, a task that leaders in the Legislature say may take up fully half his four-year term, if not more.