NJ-GOV 2021 megathread

[Dr Oz Lost Party!]

NBC shows a lot of election day ballots still need to be counted in several counties, and that early/mail  ins were counted first.  While the remaining ballots are in heavily Dem areas, the margin is still super close and the election day ballots skew Republican.  That probably explains why this race still hasn't been called by any major networks..

Eh, they can pretty much just go ahead and call it.

[wbrocks67]

NBC shows a lot of election day ballots still need to be counted in several counties, and that early/mail  ins were counted first.  While the remaining ballots are in heavily Dem areas, the margin is still super close and the election day ballots skew Republican.  That probably explains why this race still hasn't been called by any major networks..

The only counties that have any substantial election day voters are all blue areas. Early votes may have been counted first, but not all mail-ins were. We just got a bunch of Mercer's today, still waiting on Morris's. Plus, it looks like any VBMs that came in on Tuesday have not been counted yet (there was 45K of them)

Bergen, for example still has 4K VBMs to count

https://twitter.com/RebovichInst/status/1455986809050177537

[wbrocks67]

Sweeney losing *almost* makes up for Virginia

yeah considering he was a thorn in Murphy's side to get things done, I'm not even upset about this tbh

[President Johnson]

I wonder whether Ciattarelli would be a strong contender for 2025, given how close he came (assuming Murphy wins). Especially if a Democrat continues to reside in the White House.

[Atlas Force]

Sweeney losing *almost* makes up for Virginia

yeah considering he was a thorn in Murphy's side to get things done, I'm not even upset about this tbh

Murphy rn:

[wbrocks67]

At least 6K VBM left out from Middlesex now too. A mess

https://twitter.com/RebovichInst/status/1456004547839672332

[lfromnj]

https://twitter.com/dontcurvemeplz/status/1455968148189065231

lol

[Vaccinated Russian Bear]

https://twitter.com/dontcurvemeplz/status/1455968148189065231
lol

REAL AMERICA!

[Okay, maybe Mike Johnson is a competent parliamentarian.]

https://twitter.com/dontcurvemeplz/status/1455968148189065231

lol

Oh, so Sweeney lost to a deplorable deplorable. Amazing. This guy looks like a potential gold mine.

[Progressive Pessimist]

https://twitter.com/dontcurvemeplz/status/1455968148189065231

lol

Oh, so Sweeney lost to a deplorable deplorable. Amazing. This guy looks like a potential gold mine.

Yeah, maybe we can actually beat this guy in 2023 and take back the seat with someone better.

Until then he is our Don Blankenship pretty much.

[emailking]

Well that Durr sure seems like a lovely fellow.

[Big Abraham]

Have they called the race for Phillip yet? Because they need to do that.

[President Punxsutawney Phil]

Question, say Sweeney loses - does that make this election cycle a big win for Murphy by default, even if he only narrowly won re-election?
(It's not like D legislative majorities seem to be under threat after all)

[Big Abraham]

https://twitter.com/dontcurvemeplz/status/1455968148189065231

lol

Oh, so Sweeney lost to a deplorable deplorable. Amazing. This guy looks like a potential gold mine.

The $153 he spent on his campaign well spent.

[Big Abraham]

His twitter banner is a stock photo of a bald eagle without the watermarks removed, how am I just now hearing about this, pure comedy gold

[lfromnj]

Durr said he entered the race after being denied a concealed carry permit despite having a clean record. State campaign finance records show a slate of candidates including Durr raised more than $10,000 during their campaign but spent only $153: $66.64 at Dunkin to buy food and drinks for staff and $86.67 for paper flyers and business cards.

https://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/local/truck-driver-leads-nj-senate-president-after-spending-153-on-campaign/3030225/

LOL

[FourEyedRick]

AP has called it:

https://twitter.com/ap_politics/status/1456025214895206402?s=21

[Progressive Pessimist]

Durr said he entered the race after being denied a concealed carry permit despite having a clean record. State campaign finance records show a slate of candidates including Durr raised more than $10,000 during their campaign but spent only $153: $66.64 at Dunkin to buy food and drinks for staff and $86.67 for paper flyers and business cards.

https://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/local/truck-driver-leads-nj-senate-president-after-spending-153-on-campaign/3030225/

LOL

He's a living stereotype.

[CookieDamage]

Dems may be looking at a 44-36 majority in the assembly and only a 22-18 majority in the senate.

Extremely worrisome for 2025.

[kwabbit]

This election has nearly destroyed the South Jersey Norcross machine in one fell swoop. Sweeney is gone, and Democrats look toxic to South Jersey bar the immediate Camden area and AC. Norcross' brother and Van Drew are still in Congress, but the next person to represent NJ-02 will not be a Norcross protégé.

I wonder how much of the collapse was caused by the strained relationship between Norcross and Murphy. Perhaps Norcross didn't turn out those Dem votes for Murphy like he usually would, expecting for his candidates to be fine, but in the end he paid the price as well.

Just a startling result; it might be a new era of NJ state politics.

[GoTfan]

WaPo projects Murphy to win

[wbrocks67]

CBS projecting 300K still out. Doesn't seem like anyone really knows

https://twitter.com/kabir_here/status/1456025857869365254

[Ferguson97]

I'm glad Murphy won but this should never have been this close.

[Cassandra]

I gotta say, that Murphy guy looks awful. Why hasn't he shaved his head?

[Storr]

I gotta say, that Murphy guy looks awful. Why hasn't he shaved his head?

So he doesn't turn into the Democratic Rick Scott.