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The 2025 New Jersey governor's race won by Mikie Sherrill

Overview · reviewed October 28, 2026

Democratic Rep. Mikie Sherrill, a former Navy helicopter pilot and federal prosecutor, won New Jersey's 2025 governor's race, defeating Republican Jack Ciattarelli, whom President Donald Trump had endorsed.[1][2] Sherrill cast her victory as a referendum on Trump.[1] She became the second woman to lead the state, and her election gave Democrats a third straight term in the governor's office, the first time either major party had done so in more than six decades.[3]

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Sherrill cast her victory as a referendum on Trump.[1] She became the second woman to lead the state, and her election gave Democrats a third straight term in the governor's office, the first time either major party had done so in more than six decades.[3]

Coverage over time

Share of tracked outlets · monthly average of weekly shares (UTC)

Apr 2024: average weekly share 1% (left under 1%, center under 1%, right under 1%), from 4 of 4 weeksMay 2024: average weekly share 0% (left 0%, center 0%, right 0%), from 4 of 4 weeksJun 2024: average weekly share 0% (left 0%, center 0%, right 0%), from 4 of 4 weeksJul 2024: average weekly share 0% (left 0%, center 0%, right 0%), from 5 of 5 weeksAug 2024: average weekly share 0% (left 0%, center 0%, right 0%), from 4 of 4 weeksSep 2024: average weekly share 0% (left 0%, center 0%, right 0%), from 5 of 5 weeksOct 2024: average weekly share 0% (left 0%, center 0%, right 0%), from 4 of 4 weeksNov 2024: average weekly share 2% (left under 1%, center 1%, right under 1%), from 4 of 4 weeksDec 2024: average weekly share 0% (left 0%, center 0%, right 0%), from 5 of 5 weeksJan 2025: average weekly share 0% (left 0%, center 0%, right 0%), from 4 of 4 weeksFeb 2025: average weekly share 0% (left 0%, center 0%, right 0%), from 4 of 4 weeksMar 2025: average weekly share 0% (left 0%, center 0%, right 0%), from 5 of 5 weeksApr 2025: average weekly share 0% (left 0%, center 0%, right 0%), from 4 of 4 weeksMay 2025: average weekly share 1% (left under 1%, center under 1%, right 1%), from 4 of 4 weeksJun 2025: average weekly share 3% (left 1%, center 1%, right 1%), from 5 of 5 weeksJul 2025: average weekly share 0% (left 0%, center 0%, right 0%), from 4 of 4 weeksAug 2025: average weekly share 0% (left 0%, center 0%, right 0%), from 4 of 4 weeksSep 2025: average weekly share 1% (left under 1%, center 1%, right under 1%), from 5 of 5 weeksOct 2025: average weekly share 5% (left 1%, center 3%, right 2%), from 4 of 4 weeksNov 2025: average weekly share 5% (left 1%, center 2%, right 2%), from 4 of 4 weeksDec 2025: average weekly share 0% (left 0%, center 0%, right 0%), from 5 of 5 weeksJan 2026: average weekly share 2% (left 1%, center 1%, right under 1%), from 4 of 4 weeksFeb 2026: average weekly share 0% (left 0%, center 0%, right 0%), from 4 of 4 weeksMar 2026: average weekly share 0% (left 0%, center 0%, right 0%), from 5 of 5 weeksApr 2026: average weekly share 0% (left 0%, center 0%, right 0%), from 4 of 4 weeksMay 2026: average weekly share 0% (left 0%, center 0%, right 0%), from 4 of 4 weeksJun 2026: average weekly share 0% (left 0%, center 0%, right 0%), from 5 of 5 weeksJul 2026: average weekly share 0% (left 0%, center 0%, right 0%), from 4 of 4 weeksAug 2026: average weekly share 0% (left 0%, center 0%, right 0%), from 5 of 5 weeksSep 2026: average weekly share 0% (left 0%, center 0%, right 0%), from 4 of 4 weeksOct 2026: average weekly share 0% (left 0%, center 0%, right 0%), from 4 of 4 weeksNov 2026: average weekly share 0% (left 0%, center 0%, right 0%), from 2 of 2 weeks, so far

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Each bar is the share of the outlets on our Left / Center / Right rating scale that we tracked publishing that week which carried reporting on this story, split by the outlets' ratings. Over more than two years each bar is a month: the average of that month's weekly shares, so the shape stays readable. The weekly table below keeps every week. We track more outlets now than in the archive, so a share keeps earlier and later weeks comparable. An outlet counts once a week however much it published, and outlets in one ownership or syndication group count as one on each side they appear on. A rating describes the outlet, not the report. A gap means no such reports were collected that week, not that nothing was reported anywhere. Weeks run Monday to Sunday in UTC, so a report published on a Sunday evening in US Eastern time counts in the next week. 2 more outlets off the scale (not rated, or outside the left-right graphs) also reported; they are not in this chart. See them.

Weekly counts, outlets and reports (12 weeks with coverage)
Outlets on the rating scale that carried this story each week, of the outlets tracked that week, newest first
Week of (UTC)LeftCenterRightOf trackedShareReceipts
Jan 19, 202674213 of 1708%
Nov 3, 202512171443 of 20921%
Oct 27, 20250224 of 1742%
Oct 20, 2025510621 of 19411%
Oct 6, 202537414 of 1818%
Sep 22, 20251438 of 1894%
Sep 15, 20250202 of 1911%
Jun 9, 2025109625 of 19913%
Jun 2, 20250426 of 1893%
May 12, 20251258 of 2024%
Nov 18, 202428414 of 2256%
Apr 8, 20241427 of 2643%

Latest coverage

The newest reporting in this story's record.

  1. Jan 19, 2026 · first reported · Headline from WFMZ Allentown

    Mikie Sherrill being sworn in Tuesday as NJ

Background

Ciattarelli, who had come close to beating Gov. Phil Murphy in 2021, launched his third straight bid in April 2024,[4] and Sherrill entered the race that November, promising to make the state more affordable.[2] Trump endorsed Ciattarelli in the Republican primary,[5] and on June 10, 2025, Sherrill and Ciattarelli won their parties' nominations.[6][7] The candidates clashed over the economy and Trump in heated debates,[8][9] and a September poll showed the race tied.[10]

In the final weeks, New Jersey Republicans asked the Justice Department to send election monitors to a key county, and the department prepared to send observers to New Jersey and California.[11][12] On Election Day officials secured polling places after bomb threats that proved unfounded.[13] Sherrill won on November 4,[1] and she was sworn in in January 2026.[3]

Supporting stories (13)
  1. Democrat Mikie Sherrill elected governor of New Jersey
  2. Democratic US Rep. Mikie Sherrill announces run for New Jersey governor
  3. Democrat Mikie Sherrill to be sworn in as New Jersey's 57th governor
  4. New Jersey Republican who nearly beat Murphy launches third bid for governor
  5. Trump backs Jack Ciattarelli in New Jersey's Republican primary for governor
  6. Representative Mikie Sherrill wins New Jersey Democratic primary for governor
  7. Jack Ciattarelli wins NJ Republican primary for NJ governor, AP projects
  8. New Jersey governor's debate recap: Ciattarelli and Sherrill clash over Trump, economy
  9. Ciattarelli, Sherrill final debate: key takeaways
  10. New poll puts Mikie Sherrill, Jack Ciattarelli tied in race for New Jersey governor
  11. New Jersey Republicans ask for federal monitors in critical county ahead of governor's election
  12. DOJ prepares to send election monitors to California, New Jersey following requests from state GOPs
  13. Several New Jersey polling places receive bomb threats

The full record

Each date is when an update was first reported.

All 15 recorded updates

January 2026

  1. Democrat Mikie Sherrill to be sworn in as New Jersey's 57th governorHeadline from MyNorthwest · 13 outlets

November 2025

  1. Several New Jersey polling places receive bomb threatsHeadline from WMUR · 15 outlets

October 2025

  1. Democrat Mikie Sherrill elected governor of New JerseyHeadline from ABC 7 New York · 38 outlets
  2. DOJ prepares to send election monitors to California, New Jersey following requests from state GOPsHeadline from Bangor Daily News · 21 outlets
  3. New Jersey Republicans ask for federal monitors in critical county ahead of governor's electionHeadline from WDIO Duluth · 5 outlets
  4. Ciattarelli, Sherrill final debate: key takeawaysHeadline from FOX 5 New York · 14 outlets

September 2025

  1. New poll puts Mikie Sherrill, Jack Ciattarelli tied in race for New Jersey governorHeadline from 6ABC Philadelphia · 4 outlets
  2. New Jersey governor's debate recap: Ciattarelli and Sherrill clash over Trump, economyHeadline from FOX 5 New York · 7 outlets

June 2025

  1. Representative Mikie Sherrill wins New Jersey Democratic primary for governorHeadline from The Guardian · 17 outlets
  2. Jack Ciattarelli wins NJ Republican primary for NJ governor, AP projectsHeadline from FOX 29 Philadelphia · 10 outlets
  3. New Jersey primary election day: Voters head to polls for governor picksHeadline from WFMZ Allentown · 16 outlets
  4. Trump pushes for Jack Ciattarelli, saying New Jersey 'ready to pop out of blue horror show'Headline from FOX 29 Philadelphia · 6 outlets

May 2025

  1. Trump backs Jack Ciattarelli in New Jersey's Republican primary for governorHeadline from MyNorthwest · 8 outlets

November 2024

  1. Democratic US Rep. Mikie Sherrill announces run for New Jersey governorHeadline from FOX 29 Philadelphia · 14 outlets

April 2024

  1. New Jersey Republican who nearly beat Murphy launches third bid for governorHeadline from Press of Atlantic City · 7 outlets

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