Rep. Mikie Sherrill wins N.J. governor in Tuesday's second victory for Democrats

NPR ^ | 11/04/25 | Joe Hernandez

[SeekAndFind]

A former Navy pilot, first elected to Congress in 2018, will be New Jersey's next governor.

Democratic Rep. Mikie Sherrill defeated former Republican Assemblyman Jack Ciattarelli, according to a race call by The Associated Press, capping a closely-watched gubernatorial election that some polls predicted would be a coin flip.

Sherrill's victory marks the first time since the 1960s that New Jersey voters have elected a governor from the same party three terms in a row. Her victory is also the second major win for Democrats on Tuesday, following Abigail Spanberger's win for Virginia governor.

The race was also one of the first statewide votes since President Trump began his second term. Trump endorsed Ciattarelli in May ahead of the Republican primary.

[SeekAndFind]

The result wasn’t even close, Sherrill won by 56-43.

[SuperLuminal]

Wonder what the count would have been if “proof of citizenship” had been a voting requirement...

[matt04]

If I had to guess, a lot of people were swayed by the Navy pilot aspect.

[xp38]

Well that wraps up the night. Congrats to NYC NJ and VA. Ya got what you voted for. Good luck...you’ll need it.

[Wallace T.]

Ciatrelli significantly underperformed Trump in NJ, who lost my six percentage points. Ditto for Sears in Virginia. Was there fraud involved? In any case, Democrats sweeping the board today will give them grounds to continue the shutdown.

[iamgalt]

Rat sweep. 26 looks bad. Only hope is SC eliminating the rat racr based precincts which was won’t save the Senate.

[iamgalt]

Rat sweep. 26 looks bad. Only hope is SC eliminating the rat race based precincts which was won’t save the Senate.

[nwrep]

GOP was trounced tonight.

[cowboyusa]

It will ne ok. The Syates at play were 9 points to the left of normal. 2026vtarain will be MUCH more red.

[XRdsRev]

Keep telling yourself everything will be ok in 26. If you don’t think the state house races in Virginia were a big warning to us that we are in trouble, then you are quite the optimist.

[shanover]

She simply campaigned against Trump. NJ voters are stupid.

[MinorityRepublican]

GOP was trounced tonight.

NY, NJ and VA.

Big deal.

Also, it's partially because we're still suffering from a "hangover" after winning big in '24.

The Democrats were pissed off. They were motivated to show up tonight. And they did that.

We have work to do. It won't be easy. But there are reasons for us to be optimistic.

[cowboyusa]

BYes, VA is gone. My point eas, the States up for grabs in 26 will be Purple or red

[lasereye]

I thought I read where Trafalgar had the race virtually tied.

[Antoninus]

Ciattarelli outperformed his effort from 2021 by a decent margin. But Sherrill literally got half a million more votes than Murphy got in 2017 or 2021. That's nearly a 40% increase. How that's possible, I have no idea.

Given that the Left has shown that they will kill their political enemies -- and are fine with that happening -- a hundreds of thousands of fraudulent votes seems like a comparatively small thing.

[Antoninus]

I thought I read where Trafalgar had the race virtually tied.

There wasn't a single poll that predicted a 13% Democrat win in NJ. And they usually favor the Democrats big time. Something stinks in NJ. As usual.

[iamgalt]

That does not explain Pa where 3 of the worst rat Judges in the country won easily. Trump won Pa.

[cowboyusa]

Republicans don’t come out for those kind 9f Elections, unforantly.