New Jersey, Trump and Election Day
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Former GOP presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy says the party needs to address high electric bills, healthcare costs and housing affordability to win voters.
They believed the stars had finally aligned, pointing to Republican nominee Jack Ciattarelli’s narrow loss in 2021, Donald Trump’s surprising gains with urban Hispanic voters in 2024 and a summer spike in energy rates that angered voters.
President Trump has loomed over the race for New Jersey governor. The Republican, Jack Ciattarelli, has run for the seat twice before, but this time he has the president’s endorsement. The Democrat, Representative Mikie Sherrill, has made opposition to Mr. Trump a focus of her campaign.
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Ciattarelli, Sherrill confident on Election Day in possible photo finish gubernatorial election
New Jersey's competitive governor race heats up as Mikie Sherrill and Jack Ciattarelli eye victory on Election Day, with both campaigns confident about early voting numbers.
In his first Truth Social post commenting on the election results, Trump suggested that the reasons why Democrats won is because he was not on the ballot and because of the government shutdown. Trump has repeatedly blamed Democrats for the shutdown despite Republicans controlling both chambers of Congress and the White House.
The elections came as residential electric bills have increased about 10% in the U.S. this year. In New Jersey, bills surged 20%. Renewables such as wind and solar are the cheapest forms of new electricity generation, data show.
Democrats are dominating the first major Election Day since President Donald Trump returned to the White House.
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