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<\/a><\/p>\nA Hebrew-language sign supporting Jack Ciattarelli, GOP candidate for New Jersey governor, in Teaneck, New Jersey, Nov. 4, 2025. (70 Faces Media)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
Sherrill took 57% of the vote over GOP candidate Jack Ciattarelli with more than 63% of the total vote reporting at 9:30 p.m. Tuesday, just as Zohran Mamdani won his race for New York City mayor across the Hudson.<\/p>\n
Two weeks before the election, an aide to Ciattarelli told a crowd at a campaign event that his candidate wouldn\u2019t be \u201ctaking money from Jews.\u201d Ciattarelli then took the stage and praised his aide \u2014 a Muslim outreach director \u2014 without addressing the comment, sparking blowback from some Jewish leaders and his Democratic challenger. Later, Ciattarelli said his aide\u2019s remarks had been misconstrued and cast himself as a strong supporter of Israel.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe was talking about the grief he gets from some BECAUSE of my unwavering support for the Jewish community and Israel and his own efforts to build bridges between Muslim and non-Muslim communities,\u201d Ciattarelli later wrote on the social network X, defending his aide\u2019s comments.<\/p>\n
The incident didn\u2019t stop The Vaad, a New Jersey coalition of Orthodox leaders, from endorsing Ciattarelli. It also didn\u2019t stop President Donald Trump, in the race\u2019s final days, from urging the state\u2019s large Orthodox Jewish population to vote for Ciattarelli. In a message on Truth Social, his social media network, Trump implored the heavily haredi Orthodox suburb of Lakewood \u2014 where he enjoyed near-unanimous support last year \u2014 to vote Republican again.<\/p>\n
\u201cJack needs every single vote in the community, including all the Yeshiva students who turned out to vote for me last year,\u201d the president wrote. In the same message, Trump said Ciattarelli would \u201ccut your taxes and tremendously reduce your out of control and ridiculous Energy costs.\u201d <\/p>\n
There were signs of broader Ciattarelli support across other heavily Jewish regions of New Jersey, including Hebrew-inflected lawn signs in Teaneck and elsewhere, though ultimately he was projected to finish with a smaller share of the vote than in his previous run for governor in 2021. This was the candidate\u2019s third run for governor on the GOP ticket.<\/p>\n