A New Jersey Democratic, mayor Steven Fulop, has suggested that the Republican candidate for the state's governor race Jack Ciattarelli could win in a post on social media.

The mayor of Jersey City shared a poll from the data solutions company AtlasIntel, conducted between October 25 to 30, showing that Ciattarelli was forecast to get 49.3 percent of the vote in the race, while his Democratic opponent Mikie Sherrill could get 50.2 percent.

He wrote: "This is prob great news for Jack’s team as we are a society that likes underdogs and comebacks by nature."

Newsweek contacted Mikie Sherrill's press team outside of regular working hours via email for comment.

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The governor race in New Jersey has been particularly close, with polls indicating it was a dead heat until Sher

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