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Any candidate may request a recount and the requester is responsible for the cost of the recount unless the election outcome changes. New Jersey does not have an automatic recount provision, but recounts may be requested within 17 days of the election. Recount laws in New Jersey See also: Recount laws in New Jersey If you are a candidate and would like to tell readers and voters more about why they should vote for you, complete the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection Survey.ĭo you want a spreadsheet of this type of data? Contact our sales team. = candidate completed the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection survey. 3.2 Lieutenant gubernatorial candidates.Īt the time of the election, two of the three major race rating outlets rated the general election as Solid Democratic and the third rated it as Likely Democratic.įor more information about the Democratic primary, click here.įor more information about the Republican primary, click here. The New Jersey Constitution requires that the governor appoint the lieutenant governor to head at least one principal department or agency, though that position may not be the attorney general's office. The office was created as the result of a constitutional amendment to the New Jersey State Constitution passed by the voters on November 8, 2005, and effective as of January 17, 2006. Brownstein (L), and Vivian Sahner (Socialist Workers Party). Diane Allen (R), Heather Warburton (G), Eveline H. The lieutenant gubernatorial candidates were Lt. In New Jersey, gubernatorial and lieutenant gubernatorial candidates run together on joint tickets. Ciattarelli highlighted issues such as taxes and the handling of sexual abuse allegations to frame Murphy as an elected official who does not understand the needs of average New Jerseyites. Murphy used campaign ads and events to portray Ciattarelli as out of touch with the state's electorate and wanting to impose former President Donald Trump's (R) agenda on the state. This cycle, based on post-general election reporting, Muprhy outraised Ciattarelli $16.3 million to $15.4 million and outspent Ciattarelli $16.4 million to $15.8 million.Ĭharles Stile of called the election a "race to the bottom" in a September 2021 article, citing Murphy and Ciattarelli's negative attacks targeting the other. In that election, Murphy out-raised Guadagno $13.3 million to $3.9 million and out-spent her $9.8 million to $3.3 million. Since then, two sitting Democratic governors, Jim Florio (1993) and Jon Corzine (2009), lost re-election to Republican challengers. Heading into the 2021 election, the last Democratic governor to win re-election was Brendan Byrne in 1977.
Heading into the election, New Jersey was a Democratic trifecta, with Democrats holding the governor's office and majorities in both chambers of the state legislature.īetween 19, Republicans held the governorship for 16 years and Democrats held the governorship for 14 years. This election (alongside the 2021 legislative elections) helped determine New Jersey's trifecta status for the next two years. Murphy received 51.2 percent of the vote and Ciattarelli received 48.0 percent of the vote. Phil Murphy (D) defeated Jack Ciattarelli (R), Madelyn Hoffman (G), Gregg Mele (L), and Joanne Kuniansky (Socialist Workers Party) in the election for governor of New Jersey. Federal and state primary competitivenessīallotpedia's Election Analysis Hub, 2021
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