Decision Desk HQ called the race for New Jersey Governor at 8:18 p.m. ET with 19% of the votes counted. At that point, Republican candidate Jack Ciattarelli had 35.8% of the vote, and Democrat candidate Rebecca “Mikie” Sherrill had 63.7%. Thus, Sherrill will be sworn in as the next governor of New Jersey on Jan. 20, 2026.
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Libertarian Party candidate Vic Kaplan received 0.3% of the vote, and Socialist Worker Party candidate Joanne Kuniansky picked up 0.2%.
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At least New Jersey was already blue, so these results are a wash politically.
This was Ciattarelli’s third run at becoming New Jersey’s governor. The 63-year-old lost his party’s primary in 2017. In 2021, as the Republican nominee, he came unexpectedly close to defeating Democratic incumbent Gov.
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