The New Jersey governor’s race has emerged as the 2025 election cycle’s most competitive fight as recent polling shows that, with election day under a week out, Democratic candidate Mikie Sherrill and Republican candidate Jack Ciattarelli are in a statistical tie. Beyond the wide-ranging effects this election will have on the Garden State, the race holds national importance, as it’s one of two statewide elections—Virginia being the other—that will take place this year and indicate how much