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Newsweek
29-07-2025
- Politics
- Newsweek
Mikie Sherrill Chances of Defeating Jack Ciattarelli in New Jersey—New Poll
Based on facts, either observed and verified firsthand by the reporter, or reported and verified from knowledgeable sources. Newsweek AI is in beta. Translations may contain inaccuracies—please refer to the original content. Democratic Representative Mike Sherrill held a single-digit lead over Republican Jack Ciattarelli in the latest poll of the New Jersey gubernatorial race released on Tuesday. A spokesperson for Ciattarelli told Newsweek that public polls have had "wild inconsistencies" throughout the election cycle and that the election has "been a margin of error race." Newsweek reached out to Sherrill's campaign for comment via email. Why It Matters The off-year gubernatorial election is viewed as a major bellwether for both major political parties in New Jersey, which has reliably supported Democrats in the past but moved toward Republicans last November. Democratic Governor Phil Murphy, last reelected in 2021 against Ciattarelli, cannot run again due to term limits, leaving the seat open. Historically, the party out of power in Washington performs well in off-year gubernatorial elections, and Democrats are hopeful that President Donald Trump's diminishing approval rating will be a boon to Sherrill. But Republicans believe Ciattarelli can continue making inroads with voter groups that shifted to the right over the past few years in the Garden State, and most polls show a tight race. Representative Mikie Sherrill speaks to reporters on August 24, 2021, in Washington. Representative Mikie Sherrill speaks to reporters on August 24, 2021, in To Know The new poll from Fairleigh Dickinson University (FDU) shows Sherrill with a narrow lead. In the survey, 45 percent of respondents said they plan to back Sherrill, with 37 percent supporting Ciattarelli, while 16 percent were undecided. The poll also found that when voters were asked about local issues, Ciattarelli's support among independents increased by 7 percentage points. But when asked questions about national politics, his support among independents fell by about 4 percentage points. However, among Republicans, 3 percent moved from saying they would probably vote for him to definitely vote for him when asked about national issues. Dan Cassino, professor of government and politics at FDU and executive director of the FDU Poll, said in the poll write-up that the more nationalized the race becomes, "the worse Ciattarelli does overall, even as it helps him a bit among Republicans." Ciattarelli must walk a "fine line" of consolidating Trump supporters without making the race "too national" and alienate voters who are unhappy with the current administration, Cassino wrote. The FDU poll surveyed 806 registered voters from July 17-23 and had a margin of error of plus or minus 3.4 percentage points. Most polls point to a similarly close race. An internal poll from the Ciattarelli campaign, conducted by National Research last month showed him with support from 42 percent of respondents, while 45 percent backed Sherrill. That poll surveyed 600 likely voters on June 11-12 and had a margin of error of plus or minus 4 percentage points. A Rutgers University poll published earlier in July, however, showed 51 percent of voters planned to back Sherrill to 31 percent for Ciattarelli. The poll surveyed 621 adults from June 13-16 and had a margin of error of plus or minus 5.4 percentage points. Republicans have not won a New Jersey gubernatorial race since 2013 and have not carried it on the presidential level since 1988. But they see a chance to make more inroads with voters after Trump narrowed his margin in the state by 10 points. He lost the state by 6 points in 2024, down from a 16-point loss in 2020 and a 14-point loss in 2016. What People Are Saying The Ciattarelli campaign told Newsweek: "The wild inconsistencies of these university-based public polls, which were all dead wrong four years ago, speak for themselves. Since the start of the general election, this has been a margin-of-error race. If it wasn't, entrenched special interests wouldn't be lying on Sherrill's behalf or investing millions in her campaign. One thing is for sure, the people of New Jersey are ready for change and that's exactly what Jack will deliver as governor." Dan Cassino, executive director of the FDU Poll, in the polling memo: "Unless something goes horribly awry, partisans are going to vote for their party's candidate. While Republicans have been narrowing the gap, there are still more Democrats than Republicans in the state, and Ciattarelli needs to start pulling in more independents and Democrats if he wants to win." What Happens Next The New Jersey gubernatorial election is scheduled for November 4. The Cook Political Report classifies the race as Lean Democrat, meaning it is "considered competitive" but Sherrill has "an advantage." Virginia is the only other state with a gubernatorial race this year.
Yahoo
10-06-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
How many New Jersey voters have already cast ballots in the June 10 primary election?
After six days of early in-person voting and more than a month of vote-by-mail, New Jersey residents have cast more than half a million ballots so far in the June 10 gubernatorial primary. As of June 9, there were 317,984 vote-by-mail ballots returned and 148,686 voters had gone in person from June 3 through 8 to cast their ballots, reported the state Division of Elections. That's less than half of the 692,270 vote-by-mail ballots issued to eligible New Jersey voters, though. Sunday saw the most early in-person voting, with 34,505 ballots cast across the state. The highest in-person voting totals were in Ocean County, with 12,180 ballots, Monmouth County at 14,901, and Hudson County at 17,332. These numbers are nowhere near the totals seen during last fall's presidential election, but primaries typically have much lower turnout. In 2021, former Assemblyman Jack Ciattarelli secured the Republican nomination with 167,690 votes. Gov. Phil Murphy won the Democratic nomination in 2017 with 243,643 votes. He received 382,984 votes as an incumbent in 2021. As of June 1, there were 6,574,692 registered voters in New Jersey — 2,451,752 Democrats and 1,624,437 Republicans. Dan Cassino, executive director of the FDU Poll, said there's not too much to read into past turnout because the last gubernatorial election was almost entirely by mail because of the pandemic and early in-person voting was implemented after that. 'In another cycle or two, we'll know what 'normal' patterns of vote-by-mail and early voting look like, but we just don't have enough data yet to say if these numbers are high or low,' he said. 'We know turnout is going to be higher than in a normal uncontested primary, and it's not going to be anywhere near as high as in a general election, but we still don't know where we're going to be falling on that spectrum.' Cassino also said that what Tuesday will bring, especially in the six-candidate Democratic contest, is tricky to predict, because depending on the distribution of votes, the 'leading candidate could win with as little as 30% or 35% of the vote' but there's no hard data to figure out how many votes are needed to hit that benchmark. He went on to say that though Sherrill has been in the lead in polls, those can be uncertain because the race is potentially within the margin of error of the poll or 'expectations about the sample could be wrong.' Cassino said higher turnout in places like Union and Camden counties with strong county party organizations are 'probably good for establishment candidates, and ultimately [Rep. Mikie] Sherrill,' whereas big Election Day turnout in the 'more liberal enclaves along the northeast corridor,' that's probably good for [Jersey City Mayor Steve] Fulop and [Newark Mayor Ras] Baraka.' NJ Primary Election 2025: Our complete guide to voting, governor candidates, local races This is the state's first primary not to use the county line ballot design. Instead, all 21 counties will use the block ballot design for both parties. The line traditionally gave candidates endorsed by the county party preferred ballot placement, and an edge in their efforts, but it was dismantled by a federal judge last year. The Democratic candidates are Newark Mayor Ras Baraka, Jersey City Mayor Steve Fulop, Rep. Josh Gottheimer, Rep. Mikie Sherrill, New Jersey Education Association President Sean Spiller and former state Senate President Steve Sweeney. The Republican candidates are state Sen. Jon Bramnick, former Assemblyman and previous nominee Jack Ciattarelli, and former radio personality Bill Spadea. New Jersey has what's considered a semi-closed primary, because all voters have to declare a party affiliation to participate, but unaffiliated voters can do so at the polls. Unaffiliated voters can register while voting in person during the early voting period or on Election Day for either the Democratic or Republican Party. After an unaffiliated voter casts an in-person vote in the Democratic or Republican Party primary election, the voter will be affiliated with that political party going forward. The voter can change affiliation by completing, signing and returning a form for change of party affiliation to the municipal clerk or county commissioner of registration. Polls will be open Tuesday from 6 a.m. to 8 p.m. That is the deadline to postmark a mail-in ballot for it to be eligible. Mail-in ballots can also be delivered to county boards of election and authorized ballot drop boxes by 8 p.m. on June 10. Katie Sobko covers the New Jersey Statehouse. Email: sobko@ This article originally appeared on NJ primary election 2025: Early voting totals so far
Yahoo
29-03-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
FDU women's historic basketball season ends with loss to TCU in NCAA Tournament opener
The best season in Fairleigh Dickinson women's basketball history came to an end Friday, and with it went the nation's third longest win streak. FDU closed out its historic campaign with a 73-51 loss to No. 2-seeded TCU in the opening round of the NCAA Tournament at the Birmingham 3 Regional at Schollmaier Arena in Fort Worth, Texas. Advertisement FDU, the Northeast Conference champions, finished with a 29-4 record, the most wins in program history. TCU (32-3) won its 11th straight game and will advance to the second round, where it will face the winner of Friday's No. 7 Louisville vs. No. 10 Nebraska opening-round matchup. The win was the Horned Frogs' first NCAA Tournament victory in 19 years. The No. 15-seeded Knights, playing in their first NCAA Tournament in program history, got off to a promising start Friday when they closed out the first period with a 17-14 lead. Despite shooting 2-of-9 to open the game, FDU went 6-of-7 the rest of the quarter with Teneisia Brown (18 points, four rebounds) shooting 4-of-5 from the field for eight points. But the Horned Frogs picked up the pace in the second, outscoring the Knights, 21-10, in the period. Madison Conner had 13 points in the first half, while FDU missed 7-of-8 shots in the quarter. Conner finished with a game-high 23 points and teammate Sedona Prince netted 13 points. Advertisement The host team kept up the pressure to start the second half, building a double-digit lead early in the third quarter. TCU went on a 9-2 run over the last four minutes of the quarter to take a commanding 52-35 lead. FDU saw its school-record 22-game win streak come to a halt since dropping an 83-58 contest to Rutgers on Dec. 11 in Piscataway. Earlier this month FDU clinched the NEC regular-season title, finishing 16-0 in conference play. They're the first NEC team to finish with a perfect record since Quinnipiac went undefeated in 2012-13. Coach Stephanie Gaitley, who took over in Teaneck prior to the 2023-24 season, guided her fourth team to "The Big Dance." Previously, she led Richmond, Saint Joseph's and Fordham, to the NCAA Tournament. This article originally appeared on FDU women's basketball team loses to TCU in NCAA Tournament first round
Forbes
26-03-2025
- Business
- Forbes
So You Want To Work For Yourself, Eh?
Portrait of young businesswoman standing in office with a digital tablet. Confident asian ... More businesswoman in office. When I started my coaching practice 28 years ago, 99 of every 100 people I coached were looking for a job; the other one wanted advice on going into business. By the onset of Covid, it had become a 75-25 split – one of every four. The great job market of the last four years kept people employed, not starting businesses en masse, but I sense an uptick happening. If you're part of that and feel like starting a business, you have hard questions to ask yourself; and considerations to make regarding family, finances, work/life balance, personal health, and other things that will surround your business efforts. There is, in essence, much to think about and think through before you go ahead with your business, but there are two realities I'd like to share with you. I've started and run two businesses in my life: my current coaching, consulting, writing business (28 years ago next month) and one I ran for six years in the eighties. It was a conversation I had before I started my first business that I'd like to relate to you. First, the backdrop. A Mentor for the Ages I graduated from Fairleigh Dickinson University in 1968 with a BA in Psychology. Among my many campus involvements, I was a member of a fraternity, and our faculty advisor was an accounting professor named Stanley Iwanski, a prince of a man, one of the precious inspirations in my life and in the lives of many other lucky FDU students he touched. Now, most of my fraternity brothers were business and accounting majors, and Stan incessantly used to rib the few of us who weren't, reminding us almost daily that we were not ready for real life, let alone salvation! It was a running gag, heartily good-natured, and always with a wink and a pat on the back. Well, off I went in 1968, staying in touch with my brothers and, less often but regularly enough, with Stan. As the years marched on, my interactions with him spaced further apart, as is natural, but Stan never lost track of me, as I found out one day in early 1984. Having been through a couple of career changes already, I decided to start my own business and was busily planning it out when the phone rang one evening. A momentous call from Stan 'Eli, this is Stan Iwanski,' he announced. 'I just heard from Jeff [a fraternity brother] that you're starting a business. Is that right?' Thrilled to hear from him and excited to tell him about it, I answered, 'Yup. Just registered the name and I'm set to go.' As I started to describe my idea and my plans, Stan cut me off and said, just as directly as he always did, 'Sit down and listen to me. You need some advice.' He hadn't changed a bit. Nor did he think this non-business major had changed either, it seemed. Same old Stan. As long as I knew him, he'd never led anyone wrong, so I was all ears. And Stan's two pieces of advice – his two reality bites – are what I want to relay to you. From Stan to me to you 'So you're going to be your own boss, eh?' That being a big part of my motivation, I quickly answered. 'You bet,' I eagerly responded, thinking that would suffice. Not a chance. 'That's wonderful,' said the sage, 'Then you get to work half a day.' I knew I was getting set up for something, Stan being Stan, and here it came: 'And you get to pick which 12 hours it'll be.' Cute. But right on the nose. If anything, that's an understatement and there is absolutely no getting around it. So we kicked that around a little and then Stan put the next pearl on the table. 'You want to be independent, is that it?' Another check. 'Well, independence is a very expensive commodity,' he shot back, and there was nothing cute about the tone of his voice. And oh, was Stan ever right again! Think about funding your business, incurring the expenses with nowhere to forward an expense report, paying rent, hiring employees (which I did in the eighties but don't now), paying healthcare costs, investing in marketing and technology, having cash tied up in inventory and supplies, carrying receivables, absorbing bad debt, and so on. Stan – that loving, caring, avuncular prince – was Right! Right! Right! – and I confidently pass his advice on to you, not to dissuade you from starting your business, but to ask you to understand two realities of it. Because the last thing Stan said to me was, 'I didn't discourage you, did I? I just want you to be ready.' No, Stan, you didn't discourage me at all. And I don't think, 41 years later, you're discouraging anyone else. I'll pass your words along.
CBS News
22-03-2025
- Sport
- CBS News
March Madness at home for Frogs as TCU women win 73-51 over FDU
Hailey Van Lith is in her fifth NCAA Tournament, while Sedona Prince and Madison Conner have also already made multiple postseason appearances. Now together at TCU, they got a March Madness victory at home. Conner had 23 points with four 3-pointers and Prince overcame two early fouls to have 16 points and 10 rebounds as the second-seeded Frogs won 73-51 over Fairleigh Dickinson on Friday in their first women's NCAA Tournament game at home — and first anywhere in 15 years. "I've had a pretty good amount of success in March Madness. So I kind of know what it feels like... what kind of vibe a team is in when they're going to have a good run," said Van Lith, who has been to Elite Eights with second-round opponent Louisville (three) and LSU. "That game was really good for us." Van Lith added 13 points and seven assists for the Big 12 champion Horned Frogs (32-3), who have an 11-game winning streak. Teneisia Brown had 18 points and Ava Renninger 12 for 15th-seeded FDU (29-4), the Northeast Conference champions who had won 22 games in a row and were in the NCAA Tournament for the first time. "With this team, there was just something that told me that we were going to be competitive," FDU coach Stephanie Gaitley said. "Obviously we got outmatched talent-wise, but I couldn't be more proud of what we did today, obviously what we've done all year." There were nine early lead change, the last when TCU went ahead to stay on Conner's 3 to make it 21-20 with 7 1/2 minutes left in the first half. Those were the first of 10 points in the second quarter by Conner, who sometimes gets overshadowed by her teammates. "I have two great people beside me," said Conner, sitting between Van Lith and Prince on the postgame podium. "I don't think our egos affect how we play on the court. ... That's what makes it so special. And why I think we've had such a great season, is just because we're so unselfish in that way." TCU had its first double-digit lead soon after halftime when Conner, one of the nation's best long-range shooters, took a pass from Prince and made a 3 to make it 40-29. FDU's biggest lead came with Prince on the bench after her second foul, when reaching for an offensive rebound with 2:46 left in the first quarter. Brown then had consecutive layups on assists from Renninger for a 17-12 lead. Prince didn't have any more fouls after returning early in the second quarter, right before TCU took the lead for good. The first foul against the 6-foot-7 Prince was on a charge against 5-6 guard Abaigeal Babore. "I like taking charges," Babore said. "Anything that I can do to provide for the team, I'll do it. If that's putting my body on the line against someone that's 6-7, why not. I mean, when are you going to have the chance to do it again? So why not?" Babore did it again in the second quarter, drawing a charge against 6-1 Taylor Bigby. FDU: The Knights hadn't lost since an 83-58 loss at instate New Jersey foe Rutgers on Dec. 11. This was their second season with Gaitley, who made her 10th NCAA appearance with her fourth different team over a four-decade career. TCU: While it took the Frogs a little bit to settle in 12 days after winning the Big 12 tournament, they got their first NCAA victory since 2006 and extended their home-court winning streak to 23 games in a row. This win came two years to the date after Mark Campbell was hired as TCU's coach, with the team coming off a season when it was 1-17 in the Big 12. The Horned Frogs, who never made past the second round in their previous nine NCAA appearances, play at home again Sunday against Louisville after the Cardinals beat Nebraska 63-58. Van Lith went to the Elite Eight three times, once getting to the Final Four, with the Cardinals from 2021-23.
