It’s the morning after Election Day, and the New Jersey governor’s race is neck-and-neck. Just how close?
Per Edison, Murphy has taken a 1,667 vote lead over Ciattarelli with about 85 percent of the expected vote reporting. It seems likely that Murphy will expand his lead as additional votes are counted. There seem to be a substantial number of absentee votes yet to be reported in heavily Democratic Mercer County (69 percent for Biden in 2020) as well as additional batches of votes from other counties like Somerset, Essex and Union.
There is some uncertainty about exactly how many votes are left to be reported, but directionally it definitely seems like they should favor Democrats.