Overview
- The Associated Press and other outlets called the race as early returns showed roughly 57% to 43% in Sherrill’s favor.
- A strong Democratic advantage in early and mail voting proved decisive after late polls showed a tightening contest.
- National figures weighed in, with Barack Obama campaigning for Sherrill as President Donald Trump endorsed Ciattarelli.
- Election Day brought emailed bomb threats to multiple polling places that authorities deemed unfounded, leading to limited extensions at some sites.
- Sherrill’s election triggers a special contest to fill her U.S. House seat in New Jersey’s 11th District.