Just three states have higher unemployment rates than New Jersey's 7.2%. The state has added jobs each month of 2021 but is down 248,600 from before pandemic.
With a mostly united party and a major partisan edge in voter registration, Gov. Phil Murphy looks to be the first Democrat to win a second term in 44 years.
Federal aid for COVID impact, the Gateway tunnel and a repeal of the cap on state and local tax deductions appear more likely once Democrats control Senate.
In an age where a pandemic has made it virtually impossible for political candidates to campaign the way they normally would, they’re left to do so virtually.