What Went Down During The 2021 Elections

Both contenders for New Jersey governor made remarks to supporters early Wednesday morning after midnight, neither conceding and both asking supporters to be ready for a longer wait than expected.

“We’re all sorry that tonight could not yet be the celebration we wanted it to be. But as I said, when every vote is counted, and every vote will be counted, we hope to have a celebration,” Murphy said to his supporters.

Around the same time, Ciattarelli was telling his, “We want every legal vote counted. And you all know the way the VBMs [vote by mail ballots] work and the provisionals work; we’ve gotta have time to make sure that every legal vote is counted.”

He also promised his supporters at the campaign headquarters pizza from DeLucia’s in Raritan. Campaign reporters everywhere are eyeing the leftover election night pizza …

Youngkin doesn’t say critical race theory by name, but says he will listen “to parent input on curriculum.”

Youngkin is speaking now and, somewhat surprisingly, I haven’t heard him mention critical race theory by name yet? He was quick to talk about education broadly, though, as Leah just noted.