New Jersey voters are electing their next governor in a race that will reveal whether Democrats still have a grip on a state that has been reliably blue in recent years but has shown signs of shifting toward Republicans. Former state legislator Jack Ciattarelli is endorsed by President Donald Trump. He's trying to become New Jersey’s first Republican governor since 2018. Ciattarelli faces U.S. Rep. Mikie Sherrill, a Democrat in her fourth term in Congress. If elected, she would become the state’s second female governor. The outcome could gauge how the electorate is responding to Trump’s policies and whether some groups of core Democratic Party voters still have faith in the party’s leadership.
