By Emily Cadei, CQ-Roll Call

Six more newspapers have taken sides in the race for New Jersey governor, with just more than a week to go in the deadlocked contest.

The New York Post, Press of Atlantic City, Asbury Park Press and the Courier Post in Cherry Hill jumped on board Republican challenger Chris Christie’s campaign, while incumbent Democrat Jon Corzine nabbed endorsements from the Trenton Times and Bergen Record.

The four papers newly backing Christie cited his promises to restore fiscal discipline to state government and his record of combating corruption in his former role as U.S. Attorney. These papers also criticized Corzine as too cozy with special interests, particularly unions.

The Trenton and Bergen papers based their endorsements of Corzine on his leadership under tough economic conditions and what they described as Christie’s inability to present concrete alternatives. The Bergen Record also singled out Corzine’s choice of state Sen. Loretta Weinberg — whose base is in suburban New York City’s Bergen County — as his lieutenant governor running mate. Calling Weinberg someone who will make a difference, the paper’s endorsement said, “In North Jersey, she has built a reputation for fighting the system.”

All the editorials also had praise for Chris Daggett, a former state and federal government environmental official who is running an unusually strong independent campaign against major-party contenders Corzine and Christie. But even though each newspaper cited Daggett as contributing innovative ideas and an alternative voice in the campaign, they ultimately declined to endorse him. He did nab the backing of the Newark Star-Ledger, the state’s largest paper, earlier this month.

With the exception of the New York Post, which has conservative editorial leanings, and the Star-Ledger, Corzine has garnered support from papers based in urban centers . He has already received the endorsements of the New York Times, which is heavily read in the northern part of the state, and Philadelphia Inquirer, which reaches New Jersey suburbs to the south. Christie, meanwhile, has drawn the backing of many of the state’s suburban-based papers, like those that endorsed him over the weekend, along with the Home News Tribune of East Brunswick and the Courier News of Bridgewater.

Corzine, meanwhile, is also reaping the benefits of his endorsement by President Obama, who is returning to the state for a third time to stump for the governor on Nov. 1, his campaign announced Oct. 24. Obama — who remains popular in New Jersey after carrying the state by a 15 percentage-point margin in 2008 — will appear with Corzine at rallies in Camden and Newark.

This will mark the president’s second visit to the state in 10 days, as he campaigned with Corzine at Fairleigh Dickinson University on Oct. 21. Obama also appeared with Corzine at a campaign event in July.