{"id":961188,"date":"2021-11-03T07:29:16","date_gmt":"2021-11-03T11:29:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=961188"},"modified":"2021-11-03T07:29:19","modified_gmt":"2021-11-03T11:29:19","slug":"a-message-to-the-entire-country-new-jersey-govs-race-neck-and-neck-amid-explosive-gop-turnout","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/a-message-to-the-entire-country-new-jersey-govs-race-neck-and-neck-amid-explosive-gop-turnout\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018A Message To The Entire Country\u2019: New Jersey Gov\u2019s Race Neck-And-Neck Amid Explosive GOP Turnout"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">30<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fa-message-to-the-entire-country-new-jersey-govs-race-neck-and-neck-amid-explosive-gop-turnout%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=961188&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>New Jersey\u2019s race for governor had yet to have a clear winner on election night Tuesday with the leading candidates separated by a razor-thin margin as vote tallies continued to pour in.<\/p>\n<p>The tight race is already a victory for Republicans after GOP candidate Jack Ciattarelli clearly outperformed expectations amid booming Republican turnout in the Garden State. Democratic incumbent Phil Murphy was widely expected to score an easy victory on Tuesday. With about 88% of the vote in Wednesday morning, Ciattarelli led Murphy by just over 1,000 votes. As <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2021\/11\/02\/new-jersey-governor-election-update-2021-518806\">Politico<\/a> reported:<\/p>\n<p><em>New Jersey Democratic Gov. Phil Murphy and Republican challenger Jack Ciattarelli remained locked in a neck-and-neck battle early Wednesday, with the outcome too close to call in a race Democrats had long been confident about winning.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Republican strongholds Ciattarelli was counting on \u2014 especially Ocean County, the biggest GOP vote-producing county in the state \u2014 saw massive turnout while traffic to the polls appeared milquetoast in the state\u2019s urban, heavily Democratic areas.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Democrats boast more than one million registered voters over Republicans in the state. Massive turnout in GOP strongholds bolstered Ciattarelli\u2019s numbers, however, keeping him competitive and potentially delivering him a win. The GOP candidate appeared much more confident in his chances than Murphy as each delivered remarks amid the toss-up on Tuesday night.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have sent a message to the entire country,\u201d Ciattarelli told supporters at his election night headquarters in Bridgewater, already declaring a partial victory after outperforming every opinion poll conducted in the race, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2021\/11\/03\/us\/elections\/new-jersey-governor-race-call.html\">The New York Times<\/a>. \u201cBut this is what I love about this state, if you study its history: Every single time it\u2019s gone too far off track, the people of this state have pushed, pulled and prodded it right back to where it needs to be.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Murphy\u2019s remarks appeared much more muted compared to his GOP challenger.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re all sorry that tonight could not yet be the celebration that we wanted it to be,\u201d said Murphy, speaking from his headquarters in Asbury Park. \u201cBut as I said: When every vote is counted \u2014 and every vote will be counted \u2014 we hope to have a celebration again.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>While Democrats have a commanding lead in registered voters in New Jersey, the state has remained competitive in recent decades as voters have shown a preference for governors from the party opposing the White House.<\/p>\n<p>Ciattarelli\u2019s surprising showing follows a GOP rout of Democrats in Virginia as Republicans won all three<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New Jersey\u2019s race for governor had yet to have a clear winner on election night Tuesday with the leading candidates separated by a razor-thin margin as vote tallies continued to pour in.The tight race is already a victory for Republicans after GOP candidate Jack Ciattarelli clearly outperformed expectations amid booming Republican turnout in the Garden State. Democratic incumbent Phil Murphy was widely expected to score an easy victory on Tuesday. With about 88% of the vote in Wednesday morning, Ciattarelli led Murphy by just over 1,000 votes. As Politico reported:New Jersey Democratic Gov. Phil Murphy and Republican challenger Jack Ciattarelli remained locked in a neck-and-neck battle early Wednesday, with the outcome too close to call in a race Democrats had long been confident about winning.Republican strongholds Ciattarelli was counting on \u2014 especially Ocean County, the biggest GOP vote-producing county in the state \u2014 saw massive turnout while traffic to the polls appeared milquetoast in the state\u2019s urban, heavily Democratic areas.Democrats boast more than one million registered voters over Republicans in the state. Massive turnout in GOP strongholds bolstered Ciattarelli\u2019s numbers, however, keeping him competitive and potentially delivering him a win. The GOP candidate appeared much more confident in his chances than Murphy as each delivered remarks amid the toss-up on Tuesday night.\u201cWe have sent a message to the entire country,\u201d Ciattarelli told supporters at his election night headquarters in Bridgewater, already declaring a partial victory after outperforming every opinion poll conducted in the race, according to The New York Times. \u201cBut this is what I love about this state, if you study its history: Every single time it\u2019s gone too far off track, the people of this state have pushed, pulled and prodded it right back to where it needs to be.\u201dMurphy\u2019s remarks appeared much more muted compared to his GOP challenger.\u201cWe\u2019re all sorry that tonight could not yet be the celebration that we wanted it to be,\u201d said Murphy, speaking from his headquarters in Asbury Park. \u201cBut as I said: When every vote is counted \u2014 and every vote will be counted \u2014 we hope to have a celebration again.\u201dWhile Democrats have a commanding lead in registered voters in New Jersey, the state has remained competitive in recent decades as voters have shown a preference for governors from the party opposing the White House.Ciattarelli\u2019s surprising showing follows a GOP rout of Democrats in Virginia as Republicans won all three state-wide races for governor, lieutenant governor, and attorney general and appeared to take control of the Virginia House after Tuesday\u2019s election. The GOP sweep is a warning shot to Democrats a year before the 2022 midterms as Republicans aim to take back control of Congress.President Joe Biden has struggled with poor approval ratings recently as Americans\u2019 view of his presidency has quickly soured since he took office in January. As The Daily Wire reported last month:President Joe Biden\u2019s approval rating has plummeted less than a year into his presidency as his administration struggles to get a handle on multiple crises.Biden\u2019s approval is 15 points underwater, according to a Quinnipiac University\u00a0poll\u00a0released on Wednesday. The poll, with a margin of error of 2.7 points, is based on a survey of 1,326 U.S. adults taken from October 1-4.The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a member.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":70,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-961188","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/961188","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/70"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=961188"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/961188\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=961188"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=961188"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=961188"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}