Julie Roginsky , a Democrat, and Mike DuHaime, a Republican, are consultants who have worked on opposite teams for their entire careers yet have remained friends. Here, they discuss the week’s political events across the country with Star-Ledger editor Enrique Lavín .

Q: Mikie Sherrill won by a landslide to become New Jersey’s next governor. Several Republican Assembly members lost to Democrats. What’s next for the GOP in New Jersey after this blue-wave? And will President Trump and MAGA remain a factor in the state?

Julie: All politics is national now. As long as Donald Trump is president and keeps going the way he is going, Republicans are going to have a problem. Having said that, Democrats are now once again in control of everything in Trenton, so voter

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