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Republican Ciattarelli making New Jersey governor's race extremely close on election night

Murphy  led by as much as 11 points last week, according to a Monmouth University poll.

Published: November 2, 2021 10:00pm

Updated: November 2, 2021 10:20pm

Republican nominee for the New Jersey governorship Jack Ciattarelli is making the race exceedingly close on election night against Democratic incumbent Gov. Phil Murphy.

The race is deadlocked at 49.9% for Ciattarelli to 49.3% to Murphy, with about 530,000 votes counted at about 10 p.m., according to NPR. 

Murphy  led by as much as 11 points last week, according to a Monmouth University poll.

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