Six candidates are running in the Democratic primary for governor of New Jersey on June 10, 2025. Those candidates are: Ras Baraka (D), Steve Fulop (D), Josh Gottheimer (D), Mikie Sherrill (D), Sean Spiller (D), and Stephen Sweeney (D). Incumbent Gov. Phil Murphy(D) is term-limited. Fairleigh Dickinson University’s Dan Cassino said the primary is “really wide open for any of the candidates, and that’s really unusual, to have a whole bunch of candidates who have a plausible path forward. It’s likely to…
Nine candidates are running in the June 10, 2025, Republican primary for Governor of New Jersey. Gov. Phil Murphy (D) is term-limited, meaning the office is open. The last Republican governor was Chris Christie, who left office in 2018. Rider University’s Micah Rasmussen said, “It has been a long time since it’s been up for grabs, and so, all of our top figures on the Republican…