Sherrill Beats Ciattarelli to Win New Jersey Governor’s Race

BRIDGEWATER, N.J.—U.S. Rep. Mikie Sherrill (D-N.J.) will be New Jersey’s 57th governor and the Garden State’s second-ever woman chief executive with a narrow win over Republican Jack Ciattarelli in their Nov. 5 gubernatorial race. Sherrill, a Navy veteran who has served four terms in the House, garnered 56 percentage points to Ciattarelli’s 42 percentage points to succeed term-limited Democrat Gov. Phil Murphy. The Associated Press called the race at 9:23 p.m. ET. Sherrill’s victory marks the first time New Jersey voters have elected a governor from the same party in three consecutive elections since 1961, when Democrat Richard Hughes followed two-term Gov. Robert Meyner. The last time Republicans did this was 1907....