With New Jersey's gubernatorial election viewed as a referendum of the Trump administration, the national party organizations are not taking any chances.
The Democratic candidate, Rep. Mikie Sherrill, and the Republican standard-bearer, former Assemblyman Jack Ciattarelli, are vying for the chance to be the Garden State’s 57th governor, and a lot of money is being spent by both campaigns — and both parties — in those efforts.
In New Jersey there are 6,598,586 registered voters as of Sept. 1, including 2,529,708 registered Democrats and 1,667,912 registered Republicans.
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Though Sherrill has been named the favorite in every public poll released so far, the Republican Party — in New Jersey and the national party organization — is not shying awa