2025 New Jersey gubernatorial election

2 days ago - The 2025 New Jersey gubernatorial election was held on November 4, 2025, to elect the governor of New Jersey. Democratic congresswoman Mikie Sherrill defeated Republican former state assemblyman Jack Ciattarelli. Incumbent Democratic governor Phil Murphy was term-limited.

25 September 2025 - So N.J. DOGE is the No. 1 priority, and I believe we can save and reprioritize billions of dollars to help working- and middle-class New Jerseyans." What would be your No. 1 budget priority as governor? Spiller said his top priority would be affordability. “For me, it’s about affordability, making sure New Jersey is more affordable.

New Jersey held an election for governor and lieutenant governor on November 7, 2017. Governor Chris Christie (R) was term-limited and ineligible to run for re-election.

In the final days of New Jersey's contentious and closely watched gubernatorial race, Democrat Mikie Sherrill leads Republican Jack Ciattarelli 51 - 43 percent, according to a Quinnipiac (KWIN-uh-pea-ack) University New Jersey poll of likely ...

3 weeks ago - Democrat Mikie Sherrill, a U.S. House member, defeated Republican Jack Ciattarelli, keeping the New Jersey governor’s office in Democratic hands. Read NPR’s recap. ... Notes: Election results are tabulated by The Associated Press.

“After a hard-fought primary campaign, New Jersey voters have spoken, and they have selected Mikie Sherrill and Jack Ciattarelli as the Democratic and Republican nominees for Governor, respectively.

5 November 2025 - Mikie Sherrill will be New Jersey’s next governor, defeating Republican Jack Ciattarelli, Decision Desk HQ projects. Sherrill, a former Navy helicopter family pilot and federal prosecutor, flipped a Republican-held North New Jersey congressional ...

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U.S. Naval Academy graduate, Navy helicopter pilot, former federal prosecutor, wife, and mother of four kids – Mikie Sherrill is running for governor to make life easier and more affordable for Garden State families.

13 May 2025 - NEW JERSEY - With the New Jersey primary election just two months away, the race to succeed Governor Phil Murphy is heating up. There are 11 candidates running to fill Murphy's seat as the next governor of New Jersey.

23 September 2025 - Ciattarelli lost his first attempt at being the Republican nominee for governor in 2017 to then-Lt. Gov. Kim Guadagno. He secured the nomination in 2021, then lost in the general election to incumbent Phil Murphy. WHYY thanks our sponsors — become a WHYY sponsor · As he embarks on his second run as the GOP’s gubernatorial nominee — this time facing Democratic gubernatorial nominee Mikie Sherrill — Ciattarelli is once again connecting with voters by reminding them he was born, raised and educated in New Jersey.

2 November 2025 - Running for governor are Rep. Mikie Sherrill, a four-term Democratic congresswoman from Montclair, and Jack Ciattarelli, a Republican and former member of the Assembly from Somerville.

7 October 2025 - Democrat Mikie Sherrill and Republican Jack Ciattarelli are running to be New Jersey's next governor. ... New Jersey is one of two states that will be electing a new governor this November, along with Virginia.

4 November 2025 - Democrat Mikie Sherrill has run against the president, while Republican Jack Ciattarelli is looking to capitalize on Donald Trump’s strong performance last year. Democrat Mikie Sherrill, right, waits during a break at the final debate in the ...

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13 May 2025 - Eleven candidates are running to replace the term-limited Phil Murphy as governor of New Jersey. The Garden State is one of only two gubernatorial races happening in 2025, and the off-year election will be many New Jerseyans' first chance to vote since the contentious 2024 presidential race.

5 April 2025 - The Democratic field in the governor’s race has remained basically the same for months, and filing day brought no surprises. All six candidates waging real campaigns – former Senate President Steve Sweeney (D-West Deptford), New Jersey Education Association President Sean Spiller, Rep. Mikie Sherrill (D-Montclair), Rep. Josh Gottheimer (D-Tenafly), Jersey City Mayor Steve Fulop, and Newark Mayor Ras Baraka – did in fact file to run.

22 May 2025 - New Jersey voters in the Democratic and Republican parties will select their nominees for governor in the June 10 primary election. Running on the Democratic side are Rep. Mikie Sherrill, Rep.

This story includes major Democratic and Republican candidates for New Jersey’s 2025 gubernatorial election, with inclusion based on endorsements, fundraising, electoral or political history, and polling. Donation numbers are based on campaign finance reports filed with the state Election Law Enforcement Commission and ELEC announcements of public matching fund amounts. Time in politics is based on the total number of years a candidate has spent in elected office.