New Jersey gov hopeful Mikie Sherrill is up five points in a new poll released Wednesday — and that’s bad news for her.

While Sherrill (D-NJ) nabbed a 50% to 45% lead over Republican foe Jack Ciattarelli in the latest Rutgers-Eagleton poll of likely voters, the survey has a history of wildly underestimating the GOP vote.

The poll result is also a dramatic collapse from the 20-point lead she had in June.

Sherrill is up five points in a poll, but the picture may be grimmer than it appears at first glance. Getty Images

“This garbage pollster missed by 5 in 2021 and 14 in 2024. I’m now convinced it’s really Jack +2,” political commentary Matt Rooney mused about the survey.

Sherrill’s edge is also close to the 4.7 percentage point margin of error in the poll and follows a slew of poll

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