As predicted in the Sept. 29 issue of The SandPaper, New Jersey’s gubernatorial race is rapidly tightening up as Election Day approaches.
At that time polls showed Democratic Gov. Phil Murphy far ahead of Republican challenger Jack Ciattarelli. A Rutgers-Eagleton poll conducted in May had Murphy up by 26 points. A Fairleigh Dickinson University poll conducted in June showed the governor winning by 15 points. A Monmouth University poll conducted in mid-August said Murphy was 16 points ahead.
But as that Sept. 29 article noted, while the state has elected five Democrats as governor in the last 50 years, as…
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