In this special edition of NJ Spotlight News, we are taking a closer look at the two major-party candidates for New Jersey governor: Democrat Mikie Sherrill and Republican Jack Ciattarelli.

Gov. Phil Murphy leaves office in January, after serving for eight years, and New Jersey voters will have to decide what they want from the next governor.

Will it be Trump-backed Ciattarelli? The former Assemblyman came close to ousting Murphy four years ago and it’s his third attempt at winning the office.

But according to a Rutgers-Eagleton Poll out this week, Ciattarelli has some ground to make up on Sherrill. The four-term congresswoman, a former navy pilot and federal prosecutor, led Ciattarelli in the poll by double digits.

The odds aren’t all in Sherrill’s favor. No party has held the New Jersey governor’s office for three consecutive terms in more than 60 years.