The New Jersey governor race took place amid a government shutdown, a decline in approval for President Donald Trump and national concerns about affordability.

NBC News projects Democratic Rep. Mikie Sherrill defeats Donald Trump-backed Jack Ciattarelli in the New Jersey governor's race. MSNBC's Rachel Maddow and Stephanie Ruhle discuss.

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NBC News projects that Democrat Mikie Sherill has defeated Republican Jack Ciattarelli in the race for New Jersey governor.

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Republican gains with New Jersey Latino and Hispanic voters over recent years seemingly evaporated in the gubernatorial race, helping propel Gov.-elect Mikie Sherrill to Drumthwacket, in a major

Sherrill won in the three New Jersey counties with the largest Latino populations—she carried Passaic by 15 points (Trump won by three points in 2024), she won Hudson County by 50 points (Harris won by 28) and she won Cumberland by four points, equal to Trump’s win there in 2024, according to NBC.

Mikie Sherrill.Sherrill, a Democratic Congresswoman, defeated Republican challenger Jack Ciattarelli, with the race being called shortly after polls closed by Decision Desk, a nonpartisan website that

After all the talk about how New Jersey’s heated governor’s race was going to be a nail-biter, Democrat Mikie Sherrill wound up winning big. The congresswoman scored a double-digit victory over Republican Jack Ciattarelli to become the Garden State’s new leader — and just its second female governor ever.

NBC News projects that Mikie Sherrill won the New Jersey governor’s race. Steve Kornacki breaks down the vote, sharing that Sherrill won on a message of affordability, the economy and the promise to lower property taxes.

* In the final round of polling in New Jersey’s gubernatorial race, Democratic Rep. Mikie Sherrill narrowly leads former Republican Assemblyman Jack Ciattarelli in the latest Suffolk University poll (46%-42%), Quinnipiac University poll (51%-43%) and Fox News poll (52%-45%).