Democrat Mikie Sherrill leads Republican by 20 percentage points in NJ governor race

See who has a big early lead in first poll of Ciattarelli vs. Sherrill N.J. governor’s race

By Brent Johnson | NJ Advance Media for NJ.com
Updated: Jul. 02, 2025, 7:43 a.m.|Published: Jul. 02, 2025, 7:30 a.m.

Democrat Mikie Sherrill leads Republican Jack Ciattarelli by 20 percentage points in the first major general-election poll in New Jersey’s big governor’s race, more than four months to Election Day.

The Rutgers-Eagleton Poll, released Wednesday, found President Donald Trump looms heavily as voters pick a new governor to succeed term-limited Democratic Gov. Phil Murphy. But the gap between the two nominees narrows on economic issues and 1-in-5 of independent voters are undecided, according to the survey.

The poll shows 51% of Jerseyans would pick Sherrill, a U.S. congresswoman, if the Nov. 4 election were today.

That’s compared to 31% who’d back Ciattarelli, a former member of the state Assembly and the GOP nominee who lost to Murphy by a narrow margin in 2021, when polls showed him further behind.

https://www.nj.com/politics/2025/07/see-who-has-a-big-early-lead-in-first-poll-of-njs-ciattarelli-vs-sherrill-governors-race.html

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