New Jersey Republican gubernatorial candidate Jack Ciattarelli prays with faith leaders while speaking to supporters at a restaurant popular with the Latino community in Paterson, New Jersey, on October 23, 2025. Spencer Platt/Getty Images Passaic County, New Jersey —

In the race for New Jersey governor, Democratic nominee Mikie Sherrill is trying to reverse Donald Trump’s gains with Latino voters in the 2024 election while her Republican rival, Jack Ciattarelli, is seeking to build on them.

Their dueling missions collided on recent back-to-back days in this northern New Jersey county, where Ciattarelli worked to turn out early voters in Clifton with the governor of Puerto Rico, Republican Jenniffer González-Colón.

In neighboring Paterson one day later, Sherrill campaigned with

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