BREAKING: Mikie Sherrill wins Democratic primary in New Jersey governor’s race

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Tuesday, Jun. 10, 2025 Tuesday, Jun. 10, 2025 at 5:51:55pm PDT

In a Friday, May 19, 2017 photo, Mikie Sherrill joins protesters with NJ 11th for Change outside of U.S. Rep. Rodney Frelinghuysen's Morristown office. For her first foray into politics, Sherrill chose this year to challenge Republican Rep. Rodney Frelinghuysen of New Jersey, who has since announced his retirement. The number of women running for the U.S. House of Representatives set a record Thursday, April 5, 2018, the vast majority of them Democrats motivated by angst over President Donald Trump and policies of the Republican-controlled Congress. (Justin Zaremba/NJ Advance Media via AP)

Rep. Mikie Sherrill (D-N.J.) has won the Democratic nomination for governor of New Jersey, coming out on top of a crowded field, according to Decision Desk HQ.

Sherrill defeated five other major candidates for the nomination in a hotly contested primary to succeed two-term Gov. Phil Murphy (D), who is term limited. She entered the primary on Tuesday as the favorite given her polling lead that she’s maintained in public and internal polls, including those from other candidates’ campaigns.

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Sherrill will face Republican Jack Ciattarelli, who was also the 2021 GOP nominee, in the general election. Ciattarelli has the endorsement of President Trump.

With 42% of the vote reported:

Mikie Sherrill 35.3%

Steve Fullop 17.7%

Ras Baraka 14.6%