Mikie Sherrill Wins New Jersey Governor's Race as Democrats Expand Assembly Majority

Democrat Mikie Sherrill defeated Republican Jack Ciattarelli in New Jersey's gubernatorial election, held on the same day as state Assembly elections. Sherrill succeeds term-limited Democratic Gov. Phil Murphy. The election also included races for all 80 seats in the New Jersey General Assembly, where Democrats held a prior majority of 52 seats. The Associated Press called the governor's race for Sherrill at 9:23 p.m. EST, with an estimated 61% of votes counted at that time; she led with 57% of the vote. In the Assembly races, Democrats' majority was expected to grow to at least 55 seats, which would mark a historic high for the party in that chamber, as officials continued tallying provisional and mail ballots after election night. The precise final vote totals and margin in the governor's race, as well as the final confirmed Assembly seat count, remained undetermined as of the reporting period, pending completion of the count of provisional and mail ballots. The exact final number of Assembly seats won by Democrats had not been confirmed in the available reporting.