Overview
- Mikie Sherrill defeated Republican Jack Ciattarelli in the New Jersey governor’s race after a closely fought campaign.
- Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner secured a third term, defeating Republican challenger Pat Dugan.
- Pennsylvania voters retained three Democratic Supreme Court justices despite a removal push from Republicans, including President Trump, and Democrats also won contests for Superior and Commonwealth Courts.
- Democrats expanded strength in suburbs and local offices, with Erica Deuso elected Downingtown’s first openly transgender mayor and Joe Khan becoming Bucks County’s first Democratic district attorney.
- Turnout was described as brisk, with more than 300,000 votes logged in Philadelphia by a local tracker, while isolated issues included provisional ballots in Chester County and brief polling-place closures in parts of New Jersey due to bomb threats.