The race was expected to be close. In fact, it was a blowout.

Rep. Mikie Sherrill beat Jack Ciattarelli by a wide margin, becoming the second woman to be elected governor of New Jersey.

Sherrill, a Democrat, made her opposition to President Donald Trump the cornerstone of her campaign against Ciattarelli, a Republican who crisscrossed the state with fervor, trying to replicate the inroads Trump made with Latino and Black voters in New Jersey last November.

Ciattarelli, who was endorsed by Trump in May, had gambled that his new alliance with a president he once called a charlatan would help him run up the score, even in a left-leaning state.

The risky strategy fell apart for several reasons.

Sherrill Energized the Democratic Base

Ciattarelli’s near victory in his previous run for gove

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