New Jersey 2021 Governor's Race Results: Too Close To Call

Jersey City NJ

02 November, 2021

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Last updated Nov. 3, 12:30 a.m. NEW JERSEY — New Jersey's gubernatorial race has been a heated one, and Tuesday night's polls showed just how close of a race it has been. Gov. Phil Murphy is defending his seat against Republican challenger Jack Ciattarelli. The pair have gone head-to-head in two debates, both of which asked questions about the state's COVID-19 response, storm and climate change planning as well as the hot topic on everyone's mind, taxes. During the first debate, both candidates vowed not to raise taxes if they took office. See related:4 Takeaways From The First Murphy, Ciattarelli Debate 4 Takeaways From The 2nd Gubernatorial Debate While the debates have been heated and quick-witted, a final poll released ahead of Election Day showed Murphy holds a nine-point edge over Ciattarelli. That poll came out one day after a Monmouth University poll that showed Murphy held an 11-point lead over Ciattarelli, 50 percent to 39 percent. Read more here: Murphy Holds Double-Digit Lead Over Ciattarelli: Latest Poll Although polling throughout election season was favorable to Murphy, election night results have slowly been trickling in, favoring Ciattarelli just slightly over Murphy, showing a much closer race than many pollsters and Democrats predicted. The latest results in the gubernatorial race, as of 12:30 a.m. with 92.74 percent of results in: Ciattarelli: 50.01% Murphy: 49.16% Subscribe to free News Alerts for election results. Ciattarelli has centered his campaign on lowering property taxes and supporting "main street" businesses along with "protecting rights and freedoms" of New Jersey residents, including the choice to be vaccinated. Murphy has focused his campaign on his progressive track record in office and compared Ciattarelli to former Gov. Chris Christie as well as lumping Ciattarelli in with the Donald Trump camp.