Rep. Mikie Sherrill (D-NJ) won the New Jersey gubernatorial race on Tuesday after defeating Republican Jack Ciattarelli, the third time he’s lost a bid for governor of the blue state.
The Associated Press called the race for Sherrill at 9:23 p.m., over an hour after the polls closed. Sherrill won with 56.9% of the vote to Ciattarelli’s 42.5% at the time the race was called.
Sherrill’s win caps off a competitive battle between the two candidates, with the congresswoman successfully able to hold onto her narrow lead. Though Ciattarelli trailed Sherrill in the polls for much of the general election season, as of last week, an Emerson College poll found the candidates locked in a dead heat.
But Sherrill entered election week with an average lead
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