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Ciattarelli, an anti-Trumper, refused to concede defeat even after the major media outlets projected victory for his rival, Democrat Phil Murphy, who was reelected for a second term.
Murphy defeated Ciattarelli by a narrow margin of 65,000 out of the 2.5 million votes cast. However, some 500,000 ballots were of the mail-in variety, and various media outlets reported other sporadic “technical snafus” in some precincts.
While Ciattarelli declined to play the voter fraud card or endorse any conspiracy theories, he told supporters to sit tight until election officials count every legal ballot. Ciattarelli has until November 20 to seek a formal recount.
Just as Trump went to sleep on election night holding a slim lead, only to see it vanish over the next few days, Ciattarelli’s early lead evaporated as soon as counting resumed Wednesday morning.
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