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New Jersey Governor’s Race Tightens to a Photo Finish as Early Voting Favors Democrats

Legal and oversight moves sharpen the closing stretch.

Democratic candidate for New Jersey governor Mikie Sherrill speaks to a crowd in Westville, New Jersey, on October 11, 2025.
New Jersey Republican gubernatorial candidate Jack Ciattarelli prays with faith leaders while speaking to supporters at a restaurant popular with the Latino community in Paterson, New Jersey, on October 23, 2025.
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Campaign signs supporting New Jersey gubernatorial candidates Democratic Mikie Sherrill and Republican Jack Ciattarelli are posted along a roadside in Mount Laurel on October 27, 2025.

Overview

  • A new co/efficient survey finds Mikie Sherrill at 48% and Jack Ciattarelli at 47%, putting the contest within the poll’s margin of error with eight days to go.
  • Early vote returns compiled by DecisionDeskHQ’s Michael Pruser show Democrats leading overall turnout, including a 57% share of roughly 635,000 early and mail ballots, though registration does not equal final votes.
  • NJ ELEC issued an advisory allowing Ciattarelli to use personal funds to file a pre‑Election Day defamation suit over Sherrill’s ‘Opioid Jack’ allegation, provided expenditures are not in aid of his candidacy.
  • The Justice Department said it will deploy federal election watchers in New Jersey, adding federal oversight to a race already under intense scrutiny.
  • Both campaigns are escalating get‑out‑the‑vote efforts, with Trump boosting Ciattarelli and Sherrill set to rally in Newark with Barack Obama on Nov. 1.