Overview

• Republican Jack Ciattarelli picked up endorsements from North Bergen Commissioner Allen Pascual and West New York Commissioner Marcos Arroyo while campaigning and marching in the Hispanic State Parade along Bergenline Avenue.
• New polling shows a near dead heat, with aggregates giving Mikie Sherrill a narrow edge even as recent surveys find the contest effectively tied.
• CBS News reports VoteVets is spending $500,000 on ads in New Jersey that target Ciattarelli as part of a $1 million push split with Virginia.
• Sherrill is confronting scrutiny over Naval Academy records that show she did not walk at graduation after failing to report a cheating scandal, alongside a National Archives admission that a mostly unredacted version of her records was released to a Ciattarelli ally.
• A second televised debate is set for Oct. 8 at 7 p.m. on WABC-TV and WPVI-TV with streaming and Spanish captioning, as both campaigns court undecided voters.