The CEO of NJBankers and the organization's director of governmental affairs talk about what needs to happen after the campaign dust settles and Trenton gets back to work.

The report showed the current governor garnered the support of 50% of voters who said they will, or already have, voted for him, versus 42% who said the same about his Republican challenger, Jack Ciattarelli.

Data from the state’s campaign finance watchdog NJELEC show independent groups spent $13.4 million for the primaries in the governor's race, and nearly $25.2 million for the general election.

Last week, President Joe Biden became the latest prominent Democratic figure to appear with Gov. Phil Murphy in New Jersey as he campaigns for reelection. But while the incumbent attracts big-ticket names to the Garden State, challenger Jack Ciattarelli hasn’t been able to bring out any high-profile national figures from the Republican establishment.

The survey from FDU is the third released in a week showing Murphy ahead of Ciattarelli. Monmouth University released one on Wednesday giving Murphy an 11-point lead, while one the next day from Stockton University also showed the incumbent with a nine-point advantage.

New Jersey is set to reconcile some of its $44 billion in obligations early, under a budgetary practice known as debt defeasance.

The proposal unveiled Oct. 28 removed paid family leave in a bid to win support of all 50 Democrats in the U.S. Senate, whose every vote is needed to push it through, but leaves in the feature from the 2017 Republican-led federal tax cuts.

Five days before voters head to the polls, a new report from Stockton University showed 50% of voters said they would pick the the current governor, compared to just 41% of voters who said they would pick his challenger.

The annual trek to D.C. was cancelled for the second year in a row amid the continuing COVID-19 pandemic.

Philip Sellinger is a former Assistant U.S. Attorney and federal judicial clerk with more than 30 years of trial experience.

According to the Oct. 27 report from Monmouth University, 50% of New Jersey voters said they would vote for the incumbent, versus 39% who said they would vote for the GOP challenger,

And according to a report from New Jersey Election Law Enforcement Commission, most of it comes from independent groups not officially affiliated with either candidate.