Hopefully this is a mark of good things to come, like Santorum finally overtaking Casey in the polls in PA, and of course Laffey beating Chafee in the RI-Senate Republican Primary. Via Crosstabs:

NJ Sen, Fairleigh Dickinson/Public Mind, Kean (R) 43%, Menendez (D-Incumbent) 39%. Poll conducted Aug. 21-27 among 651 registered voters in New Jersey.

The previous iteration of this poll, conducted in July, had Menendez at 43% and Kean at 40% (which I mistakenly read initially as the results this time; mea culpa).

Could the R’s pick up a seat in Jersey? It certainly looks promising, especially after the recent actions by the state government there.