The results when the Associated Press called the race showed the incumbent with 1,210,997 votes while challenger Jack Ciattarelli had 1,191,703.

The limit was enacted as part of the Republican-backed Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017, and panned by Democrats in high-tax states like New York and New Jersey who said it was crafted to target them specifically.

Results showed Democratic Gov. Phil Murphy and the Republican challenger Jack Ciattarelli less than a percentage point apart with 98% of precincts reporting but thousands of votes, provisional ballots and mail-in ballots still not counted.

The city-funded program will provide upwards of $50,000 for business-related costs incurred throughout the pandemic to firms with five or fewer employees whose owner's income doesn't exceed 80% of the city’s area median income limit.

After months of campaigning, most New Jersey voters head to the polls on Nov. 2 to choose a governor, a new Legislature and to decide the fate of two public questions.

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.