Ciattarelli To Concede New Jersey Gubernatorial Race

The New York Times reports:

Jack Ciattarelli, a Republican vying to unseat Gov. Philip D. Murphy of New Jersey, will concede defeat on Friday, acknowledging that there is no chance he can overcome the 74,000-vote gap now separating the candidates, according to two people close to his campaign.

The Associated Press and other national news outlets had declared Mr. Murphy, a first-term Democrat, the winner a day after the Nov. 2 election when he held a roughly one percentage point advantage over Mr. Ciattarelli.

By Thursday, Mr. Murphy’s lead had reached 2.9 points — a full percentage point greater than the margin of victory in Virginia, where the former Democratic governor, Terry McAuliffe, conceded his race against a Republican businessman, Glenn Youngkin, the morning after polls closed.

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Ciatterelli lost by more than Mcauliffe did in VA so he spent ten days stoking doubts abt “election integrity” before admitting he lost. That’s todays GOP. https://t.co/Zhe4y4exBL

— Josh Marshall (@joshtpm) November 12, 2021