NJ governor’s race: Candidates’ last push

Michael Aron, Chief Political Correspondent for NJ Spotlight News and Micah Rasmussen, Director of the Rebovich Institute for New Jersey Politics at Rider University, assess the prospects

Michael Aron, Chief Political Correspondent | October 29, 2021 | NJ Decides 2021

With Election Day almost upon us, what do the major-party gubernatorial candidates — Gov. Phil Murphy, a Democrat, and Republican challenger Jack Ciattarelli — need to do to secure victory? The recent Fairleigh Dickinson University poll that puts the race in a single-digit spread, showed Ciattarelli’s attacks on Murphy’s police reforms have been effective and have helped to cut Murphy’s lead. But Ciattarelli continues to be held back by low name recognition.

What can we expect from the two campaigns as they work to get voters to the polls between now and Nov. 2? Chief Political Correspondent Michael Aron and Director of the Rebovich Institute for New Jersey Politics at Rider University, Micah Rasmussen, discuss.

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