Mikie Sherrill Has Won the New Jersey Governor’s Race

The Associated Press has called the New Jersey governor’s election for Mikie Sherrill.

The race pitted the four-term New Jersey Democrat congresswoman against Republican gubernatorial nominee and former New Jersey assemblyman Jack Ciattarelli. Polls had shown a close race leading into the election with an AtlasIntel poll showing basically a tie from data collected from Oct. 25-30.

Terry Schilling, the president of the American Principles Project, a family policy think tank, had identified family policies as a key issue at stake in the race. He panned the Democrats’ strategy of avoiding talking about sociocultural issues in light of their 2024 presidential election loss. 

“They are hoping that by remaining silent, they can avoid political consequences and maintain political power. This is a shortsighted strategy as the problems caused by pushing transgenderism will continue to grow as more men take over women’s sports and private spaces, and women lose more of their rights and safety,” he explained.

Reacting to Ciattarelli’s loss, Erica Jedynak, a Republican strategist, told The Daily Signal, “Jack left it all on the field. His team ran a formidable campaign, bringing the affordability crisis to the forefront of the debate.” 

Frank Pallotta, a former New Jersey Republican congressional candidate, attributed the loss to the differences between how the two political parties were operating in the Garden State.

“The Republican Party in New Jersey loses, by and large, because they’re still figuring out how to play checkers, while the Democrat organizations scattered around the state are playing chess,” Pallotta told The Daily Signal.

In 2021, Ciattarelli lost to incumbent Democrat Gov. Phil Murphy by about 3 percentage points. Murphy had succeeded Christie, who held the office from 2010 to 2018 after succeeded Democrat Gov. Jon Corzine.

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