By Joseph Ax PRINCETON, New Jersey (Reuters) -The closely contested New Jersey governor's race between Democrat Mikie Sherrill and Republican Jack Ciattarelli has set new spending records and drawn political heavyweights,

Democrat Mikie Sherrill is favored to win, but Jack Ciattarelli beat expectations in 2021, as did Trump last year.

The New Jersey governor’s race has emerged as the 2025 election cycle’s most competitive fight as recent polling shows that, with election day under a week out, Democratic candidate Mikie Sherrill and Republican candidate Jack Ciattarelli are in a statistical tie.

New Jersey gubernatorial candidate Jack Ciattarelli threatens lawsuit against Rep. Mikie Sherrill over defamation claims about opioid crisis deaths.

Democrats showed up in reliably red Monmouth County, stumping for their gubernatorial nominee Mikie Sherrill and blasting Donald Trump.

Representative Mikie Sherrill’s campaign represents a Rorschach test for the Democratic Party as she runs in Tuesday’s election against a Trump-endorsed Republican, Jack Ciattarelli.

The candidates' focus on affordability could provide a future road map for the party, even as they’ve danced around trickier issues such as trans rights and immigration.

Rep. Mikie Sherrill, the Democratic nominee for governor in New Jersey, tells Fox News Digital she's 'seeing great energy' on the campaign trail and early voting results.