It's Primary Day!
Good morning, New Jersey. The most exciting and unpredictable Primary Day in quite some time is finally here.
Polls are open today from 6 a.m. to 8 p.m. to decide the Democratic and Republican nominees for governor, State Assembly, and a wide variety of county and local offices. Anyone already registered with either party can vote; if you’re an unaffiliated voter, you’ll be allowed to vote if you declare for one party or the other at your polling location.
And unlike in many prior primaries, everyone in the state will have at least one race on their ballot that’s worth showing up to the polls for. Both parties are hosting expensive, closely watched gubernatorial primaries to succeed term-limited Gov. Phil Murphy – eleven candidates are running, and one of them will be the next governor – and a variety of factors has led to an explosion in the number of contested races for the state legislature.
On November 12, 2021, Jack Ciattarelli conceded his loss in that year’s race for governor, but announced that he would run again four years later. Thus began the 2025 gubernatorial campaign – a campaign that some of the state’s most promising and prominent politicians have been preparing for for years.
https://newjerseyglobe.com/governor/good-morning-new-jersey-its-primary-day/