据美国广播公司报道，民主党州长菲尔·墨菲在新泽西州再次当选。

共和党人杰克·西塔雷利与墨菲争夺他的职位，但在一场令人惊讶的势均力敌的角逐中功亏一篑。

墨菲在该州的休赛期选举中险胜切塔雷利，与民主党在华盛顿掌权时共和党在投票箱中获胜的趋势背道而驰。

今日美国网的记录

2021年9月28日，在新泽西州纽瓦克的新泽西表演艺术中心，杰克·西塔雷利在辩论。

该州通常是民主党在总统和参议院选举中的可靠赢家，但其非年度全州选举往往会为共和党带来更有利的结果。

凭借这场胜利，墨菲是40多年来第一位由新泽西州选民再次选举的民主党州长。

早期的选票总数显示，西塔雷利和墨菲交换了领先优势，但随着民主党控制严重的县在周三下午处理邮寄选票，墨菲扩大了差距。

2017年，约有210万新新泽西人在州长竞选中为两大政党候选人投票。该州以超过300，000张选票超过了这一投票率，87%的预期选票投了进去，还有一些选票没有投完。

周二晚上在弗吉尼亚州，选民们热情高涨。根据弗吉尼亚选举部的历史投票数据，2021年的选举是自1993年以来州长选举投票率最高的一次，当时投票率达到61.1%。

当切塔雷利在全州范围内竞选时，他把重点放在了减税和墨菲应对大流行等问题上，这些问题大多受到了新新泽西人的欢迎。

亚历山大·刘易斯/新泽西经《今日美国》

2021年10月15日，新泽西州州长菲尔·墨菲在新泽西州布里奇沃特竞选。

蒙莫斯大学在10月下旬发布的最新民调显示，27%的人认为税收是首要问题，其次是就业和经济，占20%，学校和教育占16%。

在那次民意调查中，拜登在该州的支持率跌至43%，而墨菲设法保持了相对的受欢迎程度，以52%的支持率超过了拜登。

Ciattarelli是前州议会议员和商人。他是第一个在2020年1月大流行之前发起推翻墨菲的运动的共和党人。

尽管墨菲竞选团队将这位共和党提名人描绘成与特朗普的观点和共和党最极端的派别紧密一致，但西塔雷利也因没有充分支持这位前总统而受到共和党人的攻击。

切塔雷利在2017年竞选州长，但在共和党初选中输给了共和党提名人金·瓜达尼奥。

Gov. Phil Murphy projected to eke out win for reelection in tight New Jersey race

Democratic Gov. Phil Murphy has been reelected in New Jersey, ABC News has projected.

Republican Jack Ciattarelli vied against Murphy for his position but came up short in what proved to be a surprisingly close race.

Murphy narrowly defeated Ciattarelli in the state’s off-year election, bucking a trend of GOP success at the ballot box when Democrats are in power in Washington.

The state is typically a reliable win for Democrats in presidential and Senate elections, but its off-year statewide elections tend to yield more favorable results for Republicans.

With this win, Murphy is the first Democratic governor reelected by New Jersey voters in more than 40 years.

Early vote totals saw Ciattarelli and Murphy swapping leads, but as heavily-Democratic counties processed mail-in ballots Wednesday afternoon, Murphy widened the gap.

In 2017, about 2.1 million New Jerseyans cast their ballots for the two major-party candidates in the gubernatorial race. The state has surpassed that turnout by over 300,000 votes with 87% of the expected vote in and some ballots outstanding.

Tuesday night in Virginia, voters turned out very enthusiastically. According to the Virginia Department of Elections' historic turnout data, the 2021 election had the highest turnout rate for a gubernatorial election since 1993 when turnout hit 61.1%.

As Ciattarelli campaigned across the state, he focused on issues like lowering taxes and Murphy’s pandemic response, which was mostly well-received by New Jerseyeans.

The last poll from Monmouth University, released in late October, found that 27% said taxes were a top issue, followed by jobs and the economy at 20% and schools and education at 16%.

Biden’s approval rating in the state sank to 43% in that poll, while Murphy managed to maintain relative popularity, outpacing Biden's popularity with 52%.

Ciattarelli is a former member of the state assembly and a businessman. He was the first Republican to launch a campaign to unseat Murphy in January 2020, prior to the pandemic.

Despite the Murphy campaign painting the Republican nominee as closely aligned with Trump’s views and the most extreme factions of the GOP, Ciattarelli was also attacked by Republicans for not supporting the former president sufficiently.

Ciattarelli ran for governor in 2017 but lost the GOP primary to Republican nominee Kim Guadagno.