Mikie Sherrill, polling and Election Day
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New Jersey voters will decide a competitive race for governor in a contest Tuesday that will be viewed through the prism of national politics regardless of who wins. Also on the ballot are an open seat race for Jersey City mayor that features a former governor and legislative races across the state for the heavily Democratic
Democrat Mikie Sherrill is favored to win, but Jack Ciattarelli beat expectations in 2021, as did Trump last year.
While attention has been paid largely to the competitive race for New Jersey governor, Garden State voters should also know that the entire General Assembly is up for grabs in November's general election. All 80 seats in the Legislature's lower chamber will be on the ballot. The current breakdown of the Assembly is 52 Democrats and 28 Republicans.
The Washington Post’s essential guide to power and influence in D.C. Trump isn’t on the ballot in New Jersey. But he’s a key figure in this year’s elections there.
After months of extraordinary steps to ensure his party maintains control of the U.S. House of Representatives in next year’s midterms, President Donald Trump is turning his sights toward the voting process in next week’s elections.
Atlantic City's election integrity is in question as officials report rampant fraud involving messenger ballots, especially targeting the homeless for their votes.
California’s request echoed a similar letter sent by New Jersey Republicans asking the DOJ to dispatch election monitors to “oversee the receipt and processing of vote-by-mail ballots” and “monitor access to the Board of Elections around the clock” in suburban Passaic County ahead of the state’s governor’s race.
President Trump weighed in on Tuesday’s elections in Virginia and New Jersey, warning in a Truth Social post that a vote for Democrats is a “death wish.” “Virginia and New Jersey, VOTE REPUBLICAN