<p>New Jersey Republican gubernatorial candidate Jack Ciattarelli leads Democrat incumbent Phil Murphy in Tuesday&#8217;s race for New Jersey&#8217;s governorship with three-fourths of precincts reporting.</p>
<p>The race has not been called and no projected winner has been named, but with 86% of precincts reporting, Ciattarelli leads Murphy 49.7% to 49.56%, according to The New York Times. Murphy is expected to win.</p>
<p>Katherine Landergan, a reporter for Politico, attended Murphy&#8217;s election night event and noted that there was a change in mood in the room as election results came in.</p>
<p>&#8220;Initially, crowds were cheering when early CNN results were coming in. Now, everything is quieting down. The crowd seems to be thinning out,&#8221; she wrote on Twitter. &#8220;Things are definitely tense here.&#8221;</p>
<p>https://twitter.com/klandergan/status/1455727229653196800</p>
<p>If Murphy does manage to win, a close race will be bad news for Democrats as Democrat President Joe Biden won the state by nearly 16 points in 2020.</p>
<p>Democrats already received bad news on Tuesday night when Republican candidates in Virginia won the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/breaking-republican-glenn-youngkin-wins-governors-race-in-virginia-experts-project">governor&#8217;s race</a>, <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/breaking-republicans-projected-to-win-virginia-attorney-general-lt-governor-lead-so-far-in-house-of-delegates">attorney general&#8217;s race, and lieutenant governor&#8217;s race</a>.</p>
<p><em><strong>This is a developing news story; refresh the page for updates. </strong></em></p>

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