Trump, Virginia and New Jersey
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Critical gubernatorial elections are being held in New Jersey and Virginia tomorrow. Former President Barack Obama hit the campaign trail for the Democratic candidates while President Trump is set to host tele-rallies tonight for the Republican candidates.
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Democrat Mikie Sherrill and Republican Jack Ciattarelli face off Tuesday in the nationally watched race for New Jersey's next governor, viewed by many as the first major electoral test on President Donald Trump's second term.
Key contests include the Virginia and New Jersey governor's races, the New York City mayor race and a California redistricting ballot measure.
As the only gubernatorial races held in the year following a presidential election, the contests have long served as the first major test of voter sentiment toward the party holding the White House. In every race for governor since 1973, one or both states have elected a governor from a party different than that of the sitting president.
New Jersey voters will head to the polls on Nov. 4 to cast ballots in the gubernatorial and local races. Early voting has closed so New Jersey residents will now turn to Election Day to cast their vote. Polls will open statewide on Election Day, Tuesday, Nov. 4, from 6 a.m. to 8 p.m.
Republican voters criticize President Barack Obama's campaign appearance for Rep. Mikie Sherrill as 'fake excitement' during a Turning Point Action rally for Jack Ciattarelli.
Other recent surveys show similarly tight margins: Suffolk puts Sherrill ahead by 4 points (46 percent to 42 percent), Quantus Insights gives her a 3-point advantage (49 percent to 46 percent), and co/efficient has the Democrat up by just a single point (48 percent to 47 percent).
"The theme of affordability is pretty widespread across these elections," Dr. Ashley Koning, the director of the Eagleton Center for Public Interest Polling at Rutgers University, told ABC News. The message of affordability also propelled Zohran Mamdani,