With just three days to go until Election Day, the New Jersey gubernatorial contest between Democrat Mikie Sherrill and Republican Jack Ciattarelli has emerged as one of the nation’s closest races.

Sherrill, a former Navy pilot and federal prosecutor who has represented New Jersey in Congress since 2019, is running on a message of pragmatic leadership and “ruthless competence,” drawing support from suburban moderates, veterans and swing voters wary of extremism.

Ciattarelli, backed by U.S. President Donald Trump, has positioned himself as the candidate of economic frustration and cultural backlash, seeking to expand on Trump’s gains in the state.

New Jersey is one of only two states holding a gubernatorial election this year, and national operatives in both parties are watching it close

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