The Gloucester County union leader and former state Senate president is the only candidate from South Jersey in the six-way Democratic primary for New Jersey governor.

Rep. Mikie Sherrill enters the Democratic contest for governor with several key advantages, but uncertainty looms.

The New Jersey gubernatorial primary highlights how Democrats are focusing on economic issues to reconnect with Latino voters after recent election challenges.

New Jersey has a closed primary system, meaning only Democrats and Republicans can vote for their party’s nominees to run in the general election. Registered independent voters may declare for either party on primary Election Day to be able to cast a ballot, then switch back to being listed as an Independent.

A hotly contested battle for the Democratic nomination for governor will come to a close on Tuesday as voters head to the polls in the Garden State.

Hung over from a failed push into offshore wind, Democrats are pitching alternatives while Republicans hope to weaponize rising electricity bills.

The nation will be watching the Garden State's general election unfold as a bellwether — New Jersey and Virginia are the only states holding elections for governor this year. Pundits are already portraying the two races as referendums on the second Trump administration’s policies and agenda.

NBC's Kristen Welker hosts Leigh Ann Caldwell, Melanie Zanona, Symone Sanders, and Sara Fagen to break down whether Elon Musk will back Democrats after his rift with President Trump and whether the Democratic gubernatorial primary this week could be a test of the Democratic Party's anti-Trump focus -- considering Trump lost New Jersey by a significantly smaller margin in 2024 than he did in 2020.