In the final debate of New Jersey’s gubernatorial race on Wednesday, Republican Jack Ciattarelli and Democrat Mikie Sherrill traded blows multiple times over the latter’s involvement in a decades-old cheating scandal at the Naval Academy and the current state of the government shutdown .

The race is seen as highly competitive as the two vie for votes in the final weeks until Election Day.

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Sherrill received a blow to her campaign last month when the New Jersey Globe reported that she failed to report her c

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