Ciattarelli campaign asks New Jersey election agency for clarification as it mulls lawsuit against Sherrill

For more than a week now, an explosive exchange at the final New Jersey governor's race debate has rocked the campaign. It came as Democratic Rep. Mikie Sherrill tried to tie her opponent, Republican Jack Ciattarelli, to the opioid crisis.

"You went on to kill tens of thousands of people in New Jersey," Sherrill said during the Oct. 8 debate.

During the debate, Sherrill claimed a company Ciattarelli used to own, Galen Publishing, was paid by opioid companies to produce educational material that downplayed the dangers of opioids. She also accused the company of developing an app "so that people could more easily get the opioids once they were addicted."

Ciattarelli denied the allegation from the debate stage.

"With regard to everything she just said about my professional career, which p