New Jersey Democratic gubernatorial contender Rep. Mikie Sherrill is struggling to maintain support from black voters — a crucial group who could determine the next leader of the Garden State.

A staggering 15% of black voters were still undecided in the high-stakes governor’s race, according to a recent Quantus Insights poll , which noted she was underperforming with the core bloc that is typically loyal to Democrats and has been paramount to Democratic victories in past cycles.

In Newark, where nearly half of the population is black , and less than one-quarter white, many residents didn’t even know who she was or seemed too disillusioned by politics to vote. 8

“Who’s running? I don’t even know who’s running?” Yanissa Gaskin, 32, a paraprofessional at an elementary school in Ne

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