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Democrat Phil Murphy Narrowly Wins Reelection as New Jersey Governor

[National Review] Democratic New Jersey governor Phil Murphy was reelected to a second term on Tuesday, narrowly defeating Republican challenger and former assemblyman Jack Ciattarelli.

The win marks the first time in 44 years that a Democratic incumbent governor has won reelection in the Garden State. However, the close results could spell trouble for Democrats going into the 2022 midterms.

Networks called the race at about 6:30 p.m. on Wednesday. Ninety percent of ballots were reported at that time, with Murphy at 1,210,997 votes and Ciattarelli with 1,191,703 votes, according to the New York Times.

"If you asked anybody several months ago within the state, I think anyone would have predicted a high double digit landslide for Murphy," Ashley Koning, head of the Eagleton Center for Public Interest Polling at Rutgers University, told the Associated Press.

Posted by Besoeker 2021-11-04 05:55|| || Front Page|| [11137 views ] Top

#1 Evidently 1,210.997 NJ voters still think democratic politicians are their best hope. It would appear mounting evidence to the contrary continues to be ignored.

Posted by Besoeker 2021-11-04 06:05|| 2021-11-04 06:05|| Front Page Top

#2 And some of those winning votes weren't cast by imaginary people...

Posted by magpie 2021-11-04 10:09|| 2021-11-04 10:09|| Front Page Top

#3 Did he really win it though?

Posted by Crusader 2021-11-04 10:12|| 2021-11-04 10:12|| Front Page Top

#4 I see the 3 AM suitcase drop was made in a few places, eh? Funny how almost all late-breaking elections go to the Democrats.

Posted by Raj 2021-11-04 11:16|| 2021-11-04 11:16|| Front Page Top

#5 This race wasn't even on the national radar as a potentially close election. Ciattarelli was supposedly going to be the loser by double digits.

Never assume anything.

Posted by Mullah Richard 2021-11-04 16:01|| 2021-11-04 16:01|| Front Page Top

#6 Was the fix in? Seems like there were some of the usual lefty last minute shenanigans.

Posted by JohnQC 2021-11-04 16:58|| 2021-11-04 16:58|| Front Page Top

#7 The life of a mushroom: fed horsesh*t and kept in the dark...

Posted by M. Murcek 2021-11-04 17:57|| 2021-11-04 17:57|| Front Page Top

#8 If there was any national GOP backing for Ciattarelli, he likely would have won.

Posted by Hupusolet Smith5796 2021-11-04 18:53|| 2021-11-04 18:53|| Front Page Top

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