Overview
- A new co/efficient survey shows Mikie Sherrill at 48% and Jack Ciattarelli at 47%, with 5% undecided less than a week before Nov. 4.
- Early voting runs through Sunday, Nov. 2, and current data show Democrats making up about 54% of early ballots compared with 28% from Republicans.
- A bipartisan affordability group, the Cost Coalition, publicly endorsed Sherrill, with advisors Andrew Bates and Terry Holt citing her cost-of-living proposals.
- Ciattarelli is touting defections from Democrats, saying at least a dozen Democratic mayors have backed him, and Branchville Councilman Jeff Lewis announced his support on Fox News.
- The candidates’ affordability agendas diverge: Ciattarelli pitches property-tax caps and business tax cuts, while Sherrill promotes expanded family tax credits, a caregiver credit, and a sales-tax holiday.