"We have no plans at this time for him to be involved in any fund raising," said Andrea Hofelich, a spokeswoman for the Zimmer campaign.

"The Governor is right," said Larry Weitzner, the media consultant for the Zimmer campaign.

All roads in the Zimmer campaign seem to lead to 741 Alexander.

Mr. Torricelli's staff asserted that officials of the Zimmer campaign had been "peddling this story" to news organizations.

However, it could backfire on the Zimmer campaign, in the sense that it looks like the Republicans are trying to throw more dirt.

He also accused the Zimmer campaign of meddling in the work of election officials and undermining public trust in the election process.

The Zimmer campaign said it would wait until the numbers were certified before conceding anything.

The Zimmer campaign says it is still investigating reports that some ballots were improperly altered or gathered under questionable circumstances.

For the third time in a week, the Zimmer campaign held a news conference yesterday highlighting what it described as a raft of voting irregularities.

Over the last week, the Zimmer campaign has repeatedly accused Mr. Holt's supporters of vote tampering.