Voter turnout in New Jersey sets high watermark

Nearly 3.6 million New Jerseyans voted in this year’s gubernatorial and legislative races, a level of turnout not seen in any non-presidential race this millennium.

About 54% of the state’s registered voters cast a ballot this year. That’s the highest percentage in a New Jersey state election year since at least 1998, and it exceeds turnout in every congressional midterm since then except 2018.

Those totals include 114,766 untallied mail ballots and 58,998 provisional ballots. The number of mail-in ballots will rise over the coming days as ballots postmarked by Election Day continue to reach officials.

Democrat Mikie Sherrill defeated Republican Jack Ciattarelli Tuesday, 57%-43%, to become the state’s new governor-elect. Sherrill, a congresswoman since 2019, is set to take office on January 20, succeeding fellow Democrat Gov. Phil Murphy. Democrats also flipped a handful of Assembly seats in longtime Republican districts, while Sherrill won Morris County, a longtime GOP stronghold in governor’s races.




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