Posted on 10/28/2025 1:00:22 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum
In the race for New Jersey governor, Democratic nominee Mikie Sherrill is trying to reverse Donald Trump’s gains with Latino voters in the 2024 election while her Republican rival, Jack Ciattarelli, is seeking to build on them.
Their dueling missions collided on recent back-to-back days in this northern New Jersey county, where Ciattarelli worked to turn out early voters in Clifton with the governor of Puerto Rico, Republican Jenniffer González-Colón.
In neighboring Paterson one day later, Sherrill campaigned with Democratic Rep. Nellie Pou, who represents the area, sprinkling in some Spanish to rev up the crowd.
“Recuerda, este estado no es rojo. No es morado. Es azul,” Sherrill said, which translates to, “Remember, this state is not red. It is not purple. It is blue.”
One year after Trump made inroads with Latino voters in the Garden State and beyond, the race for New Jersey governor is serving as a fresh test of where the key voting bloc stands 10 months into the president’s second term. The results of next week’s contest could offer roadmaps for both parties as they look to build support among one of the country’s fastest growing demographics.
“We will make the difference,” Patricia Campos-Medina, a vice chair of Sherrill’s campaign, said of Latino voters. “This is a getting-voters-out election at this moment.”
Latino residents make up nearly 22% of New Jersey’s population, and no county saw a bigger move toward Trump than Passaic, where Latinos account for roughly 43% of the population — the largest share in the state.
In 2020, Trump lost the county to Joe Biden by 16 points. Four years later, Trump bested then-Vice President Kamala Harris here by nearly 3 points. In the city...
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Could be?
WILL BE!....................
Most people here have been saying Sherrill (D) will win this race in a cakewalk, but there seem to be increasingly more reports like this one popping up foreshadowing possible doom for the D candidate.
Is anyone thinking that there may be a Charlie Kirk young people surge in this race and the Spanberger-Sears race or have people forgotten?
The results will be interesting. If the dims take NJ and Virginia it will be portrayed as a complete repudiation of Trump and constantly brayed by the msm. On the other hand if the pubs upset expect it to be dismissed as meaning nothing...time to move on and focus on next years midterms.
yes I am.....the post vote analysis should give us a clue
Vamonos, amigos!
Including the never-reported, that Scott Pressler is on the job and wants to win New Jersey “for Charlie”
NJ is now a swing State now Nationaly.
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