Four cards Ciattarelli needs to play to win the New Jersey governor's race
Much of the nail-biting over the New York City mayor’s race appears to be for naught. If you believe the polls, that race ended long ago. The hare can comfortably sleep until Election Day and win handily.
The real edge-of-your-seat contest is in New Jersey, where independent polling has Democratic gubernatorial candidate governor Mikie Sherrill desperately clutching a shrinking lead of 5% or 7% over Republican Jack Ciattarelli. Keeping in mind the margin of error (5%) and the historical polling bias in favor of Democrats (3% to 5%), the race is a statistical dead heat. Internal polling at both campaign headquarters has it even more snug, showing Sherrill edging Jack in the pack by a mere 2% or 4%.
With 18 days to Election Day, here are the four aces Jack must play to win.
Aside from his role as Agudath Israel’s New Jersey director, Shlomo Schorr is also an elections enthusiast and one of the state’s leading analysts.
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