Six Democrats and five Republicans are watching the returns as New Jersey decides who will be in the race for governor in November.

Primary Election Day 2025 has arrived in New Jersey, and it will determine which candidates from each major political party will compete in November to replace outgoing Gov. Phil Murphy. Pictured here are U.S. Rep. Mikie Sherrill (left) and former state Assemblyman Jack Ciattarelli (right), the two leading candidates ahead of Election Day.

Democrats will choose a nominee for New Jersey governor from among six prominent candidates, including two big-city mayors, two members of Congress and two union leaders. With a redesigned ballot intended to give all candidates a fair shot, it is the first race in decades that was not largely predetermined by local party leaders. Read more

The counts against LaMonica McIver stem from an altercation at a Newark detention center. McIver has denied all wrongdoing.

A New Jersey grand jury on Tuesday indicted Democratic Rep. LaMonica McIver of New Jersey on three charges of assaulting federal law enforcement officers during a clash last month outside of a Newark ICE detention center,

New Jersey Transit's train engineers have overwhelmingly approved a tentative deal that ended their three-day strike last month that halted service for some 100,000 daily riders, including routes to Newark airport and across the Hudson River to New York City.