Mikie Sherrill and Jack Ciattarelli debate. What did they say?

New Jersey’s two gubernatorial hopefuls squared off for the first time in a Sept. 21 debate at Rider University.

The debate, hosted by the New Jersey Globe, On New Jersey and Rider University, offered Garden State voters a first look at the gubernatorial candidates in discussion together — Rep. Mikie Sherrill, the Democrat, and former Assemblyman Jack Ciattarelli, the Republican.

Both won contentious primary contests — Sherrill beating five opponents to Ciattarelli’s three — to secure the chance to represent their respective parties on Garden State ballots this fall.

Ciattarelli is no stranger to the gubernatorial election process. This is his third time running. He lost the 2017 primary to then-Lt. Gov. Kim Guadagno and then narrowly lost the 2021 governor’s race to incumbent Gov. Ph