Mikie Sherrill wins 2025 New Jersey Governor election over Jack Ciattarelli, other election results

Democratic candidate for governor and congresswoman Mikie Sherrill has won the 2025 New Jersey Governor Election over Republican Jack Ciattarelli.

Despite the last polls showing a statsitical dead heat between the two candidates before election night, Sherrill won decisively over Ciattarelli, with her win projected before 9:30 p.m.

In her victory speech, Sherrill talked about the themes of liberty and prosperity:

In his concession speech, Ciattarelli said the loss hasn’t changed him:

Given New Jersey’s off-year election along with Virginia, both gubernatorial elections are often considered referendums on the presidency at the federal level.

Sherrill wasn’t the only Democrat with a good night. Zohran Mamdani became the mayor-elect of New York City, and Abigail Spanberger won the Virginia gubernatorial race. In California, voters passed Proposition 50, redistricting the state’s congressional map in favor of Democrats.

In the Minneapolis Mayor election, incumbent Jacob Frey won in the final round of ranked choice voting over challenger Omar Fateh. The former chose to run on the Democrat Farmer-Laborer party line against the Democratic Socialist opponent, a move that sparked controversy after the DFL rescinded an earlier earned endorsement of Fateh, citing electronic issues in the voting system.

In the New Jersey General Assembly, the Democrats flipped several seats, strengthening their majority in the state legislature. Democrats increased their seats from 52 total to 53, with Republicans winning 19 seats. Eight seats remain uncalled in the asembly elections.

In NJ Assembly District 21, both Republican incumbents lost to Democrats, with Andrew Macurdy and Vincent Kearney winning over Michele Matsikoudis and Nancy Munoz. In District 30, Republican Sean Kean and Democrat Alexander Schnall, both incumbents, represent the only district with a split representation so far. Districts 3 and 25 seek to join them, should Democrat challengers win their races.

Four districts remain too close to call – Districts 2, 3, 25, and 39. In District 2, incumbent Republican Don Guardian leads with Democrat Maureen Rowan over her counterpart Joanne Famularo to replace Republican Claire Swift. In District 25, Republican incumbent Aura Dunn and Democrat challenger Marisa Sweeney lead Republican incumbent Christian Barranco and Democrat Steven Pylypchuk.

In District 3, Democratic incumbents Heather Simmons and Dave Bailey maintain their leads over Republican challengers Chris Konawel and Lawrence Moore. In District 35, Republican incumbents Robert Auth and John Azzariti lead the Democrat pair of Andrew LaBruno and Donna Abene.

Report by Rahil Chatterjee

This story will be updated with election results. Last updated at 4:00 p.m. on Nov. 7, 2025