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.
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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