Incumbent Democratic Gov. Phil Murphy narrowly trailed Republican challenger Jack Ciattarelli heading into Wednesday morning with ballots — many of them vote-by-mail — in Democratic-rich areas yet to be counted.

With nearly 89% of precincts reporting early Wednesday morning, Ciattarelli held a tenuous lead in the contest to decide the next governor — 49.9% of the vote compared to Murphy’s 49.4%, according to The Associated Press. 

In addition to the uncounted ballots, there were also about 700,000 early and mail-in votes to tally.

WHY AREN’T THE VOTES COUNTED BY NOW? 

https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/vote-new-jersey-next-governor-jack-ciatterelli

What would you say to a governor who told you, “If you don’t like paying high taxes, you should pick up your family and your small business and leave the state?” Well, if you live in New Jersey, that’s exactly what Gov. Phil Murphy suggested you do. He told the highest-taxed people in America to deal with it or get out.

No governor from New Jersey – one who truly understood our residents – would ever say that. Murphy is tone deaf and out of touch. He’s not one of us. He’s not New Jersey. He’s an extreme liberal transplant from Massachusetts.

NEW JERSEY GOVERNOR’S RACE: WHAT TO KNOW

My story is a New Jersey story. It’s where my grandparents immigrated from Italy 100 years ago. It’s where I was born and raised. It’s where I went to school. Where I became a CPA. It’s where my wife Melinda and I raised our four children. It’s where I started two successful Main Street businesses and created jobs and opportunities for fellow New Jerseyans (while Murphy was busy making rich people richer on Wall Street).   

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GOVERNOR YOUNGKIN – ON THE ROAD TO GLORY – OLD DOMINION RISES AGAIN

Critical Race Theory, Equity v Equality – Jab v Freedom – America v Illegals, that is what this election is all about.

CONGRATULATIONS TO GLENN FOR A WELL FOUGHT VICTORY – NEVER WAVERING IN ATMOSPHERE OF LIES AND INSULTS 

VIRGINIA

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Youngkin defeats McAuliffe in race for Virginia governor

The Fox News Decision Desk can now project that Republican Glenn Youngkin will win the gubernatorial race in Virginia, defeating former Democratic Gov. Terry McAuliffe in a statewide election with national implications that McAuliffe was once expected to win.

Youngkin ran a disciplined campaign, focusing on taxes, crime, and holding public schools accountable to parents, while McAuliffe spent much of his fire power the past couple of months linking Youngkin to former President Donald Trump.

McAuliffe also nationalized the race, campaigning with President Biden, Vice President Harris, former President Obama, and other top Democrats in an unsuccessful attempt to boost his fortunes.

“Alrighty Virginia, we won this thing,” Youngkin told supporters in his victory speech a little after 1 AM Wednesday.

And he vowed that “together, we will change the trajectory of this commonwealth.”

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Two months ago, McAuliffe held a mid-single-digit lead in a state that Biden won by 10 points over then-President Trump just a year ago, but Youngkin erased the former governor’s advantage in the closing stretch of the campaign.

We are also watching the gubernatorial results in the blue state of New Jersey. That contest, between Democratic Gov. Phil Murphy and Republican nominee Jack Ciattarelli, tightened in recent weeks and was too close to project a winner at the time this story was published.

With Virginia’s gubernatorial race considered a key bellwether ahead of next year’s midterm elections, Youngkin’s victory in a state where Republicans hadn’t won statewide in a dozen years will only increase Democratic anxieties as they try to defend their razor-thin House and Senate majorities in 2022.

Youngkin, a first-time candidate and former private equity CEO, won thanks to a wave of Republican voter enthusiasm, and by tapping into the anger of parents over decisions by their local school boards.

NO 1619 HERE

FROM WIKIPEDIA

Virginia celebrated its quadricentennial year in 2007, marking 400 years since the establishment of the Jamestown Colony. The observances highlighted contributions from Native Americans, Africans, and Europeans, each of which had a significant part in shaping Virginia’s history.^[85][86] Warfare, including among these groups, has also had an important role. Virginia was a focal point in conflicts from the French and Indian War, the American Revolution and the Civil War, to the Cold War and the War on Terrorism.^[87] Fictionalized stories about the early colony, in particular the story of Pocahontas and John Smith, first became popular in the period after the Revolutionary War, and together with other myths surrounding George Washington‘s childhood and the plantation elite in the antebellum period, became touchstones of Virginian and American culture and helped shape the state’s historic politics and beliefs.^[88][84]

We are on the  ROAD TO VICTORY. The governorship of Virginia is within our grasp. Glenn Youngkin has waged a brilliant  campaign against a Clintonian plant.

A win here will send a message to the Deep State. “WE HAVE HAD ENOUGH OF YOUR LIES, SCANDALS, CRITICAL RACE THEORY, JABS, DEFUND THE POLICE but ERASING OUR HISTORY IS THE WORST OF ALL.

Youngkin’s opponent walks away when reporters ask tough questions. That is not the governor VIRGINIA WANTS.