The pandemic is also a top issue for voters and Murphy insists that he is best fit to lead the state amid the COVID-19 pandemic. "We're going to put this to bed and send him back where he belongs." He doesn't know the nuances," said Jerome Sisolak, a retired police officer from Edison.
Painting Murphy as an outsider has resonated with some of Ciattarelli's supporters, who say the governor is out of touch with voters on economic and pandemic related issues. He roots for the Red Sox, let's send him back to Massachusetts."
I'm an MBA/CPA, he's an investment banker. "This is the guy who said to the highest-taxed people in the nation, 'if taxes are your issue, we're probably not your state,'" Ciattarelli told a crowd in Edison on Thursday. Recent polls from Monmouth University and Stockton University showed taxes have taken over as the number one issue for voters. "I'm here to tell you those days are over."įor Ciattarelli, the focus has largely been on taxes, especially New Jersey's high property taxes. We had underperformed, we had lagged, we underachieved, we let our people down constantly," Murphy told supporters in Elizabeth on Sunday. "I think back to the day that I put my hand on the Bible four years ago. He highlights raising the minimum wage, enacting a tax on wealthy New Jerseyans, expanding paid family leave benefits, increasing funding for public schools and providing more access to pre-k. Murphy has focused on his first term accomplishments out on the campaign trail.
If he pulls off the monumental upset, it could create a template for Republicans in bluer states during the 2022 midterm elections. Yana Paskova/Getty Images, Spencer Platt/Getty ImagesĬiattarelli and his allies insist the race is closer than those polls show and believe there is a strong chance for a major upset on Tuesday. Recent polling from Monmouth University showed Murphy up 11 points among registered voters and a Stockton University poll had the governor up 9 points among likely voters.
New Jersey has 1 million more registered Democrats than Republicans, giving Murphy a statistical edge. Election Day 2021: Virginia governor's race in spotlight as voters across U.S.Ciattarelli has been running for governor for nearly two years and has barnstormed the state in the home stretch, holding dozens of retail-style events. Murphy is squaring off against former Republican Assemblyman Jack Ciattarelli, a moderate Republican who easily won the party's nomination in June by defeating opponents more closely aligned with former President Trump. Senate elections, but its off-year state office election gubernatorial cycle led to GOP victories in 19, the years after Democrats took control of the White House. The Garden State is reliably blue in presidential and U.S.
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