TRENTON – Eight-term State Sen. Leonard T. Connors Jr. said yesterday he would not seek reelection because he didn't want to be "associated with the downfall of this great state." "To be frank, I just don't have the stomach for it anymore," Connors said. "New Jersey's course is set straight for the ice fields, and I no longer have any desire to be a crew member of the Titanic ………… His son, Assemblyman Christopher J. Connors, is expected to seek the open Senate seat.