A New Jersey state mandate requires municipalities to plan for the construction of more than 146,000 affordable housing units statewide with a target timeline extending to 2035.
January 01, 2035
high
temporal
State-level affordable housing planning target and timeline
A 2025 CBS News exit poll found that three in four New York City mayoral voters (approximately 75%) said the cost of housing is a major problem.
November 05, 2025
high
temporal
Exit poll result reporting voter priorities in the New York City mayoral election.
No political party in New Jersey has held the governorship for three consecutive terms since the 1970s.
November 04, 2025
high
historical
Historical pattern of party control of New Jersey governorship
As of 2025, Republicans had won five of the ten most recent New Jersey gubernatorial elections.
November 04, 2025
high
temporal
Summarizes partisan outcomes in recent New Jersey gubernatorial contests.
A 2025 AP Voter Poll conducted by the Associated Press surveyed more than 17,000 voters across New Jersey, Virginia, California, and New York City.
November 04, 2025
high
temporal
Scope and sample size of the poll referenced in reporting on voter attitudes during the 2025 election cycle.
A 2025 AP Voter Poll found that more than half of voters in New Jersey and more than half of voters in Virginia said they were 'angry' or 'dissatisfied' with how things were going in the country.
November 04, 2025
high
temporal
Measure of voter sentiment reported in the poll during the 2025 election cycle.
A 2025 AP Voter Poll found that most New Jersey voters identified property taxes as a 'major problem', most New York City voters identified the cost of housing as a 'major problem', and most Virginia voters reported feeling at least some impact from recent federal government cuts.
November 04, 2025
high
temporal
Poll findings on which local economic issues were perceived as major problems by voters in specific jurisdictions during the 2025 election cycle.
New Jersey tends to be politically 'purple' in gubernatorial elections, historically electing governors from both the Democratic and Republican parties even when the state leans Democratic in presidential and U.S. Senate races.
November 04, 2025
high
political_characteristic
Describes New Jersey's historical pattern in statewide gubernatorial outcomes relative to federal races.
As of 2025, New Jersey had a Democratic governor for eight consecutive years and its state legislature was controlled by the Democratic Party.
November 04, 2025
high
temporal
Summarizes partisan control of New Jersey's executive and legislative branches as of 2025.
As of 2025-11-04, it was the first time since 1961 that a single political party had won three consecutive gubernatorial terms in New Jersey.
November 04, 2025
high
temporal
Historical electoral outcome for New Jersey governorships indicating a multi-term partisan streak.
As of 2025-11-04, Mikie Sherrill would be the second female governor in New Jersey history.
November 04, 2025
high
temporal
Count of female governors in New Jersey as of the 2025 gubernatorial outcome.
Mikie Sherrill is a U.S. Navy veteran who served four terms as a member of the U.S. House of Representatives representing a northern New Jersey district.
November 04, 2025
high
temporal
Biographical background describing prior military service and congressional tenure.
New Jersey schedules its gubernatorial elections in odd-numbered years.
November 04, 2025
high
temporal
Structural detail about the timing of New Jersey's gubernatorial elections.
Gubernatorial campaigns in New Jersey frequently emphasize local issues such as property taxes.
November 04, 2025
high
temporal
Common thematic emphasis in New Jersey gubernatorial races.
A 2025 Fox News Voter Poll of more than 4,400 registered New Jersey voters found that over 9 in 10 Black voters and almost 7 in 10 Hispanic voters supported Democratic candidate Mikie Sherrill in the 2025 New Jersey gubernatorial race.
November 04, 2025
high
temporal
Preliminary demographic breakdown from the Fox News Voter Poll for the 2025 New Jersey governor contest.
Virginia and New Jersey hold their gubernatorial elections in the year following a U.S. presidential election, and those races are often watched nationally as a barometer of voter sentiment.
November 03, 2025
high
temporal
Off-year gubernatorial elections in these states are used as indicators of broader voter attitudes toward the parties.
A 2025 Fox News poll found that 52% of Republicans and 40% of Democrats in New Jersey reported being extremely enthusiastic about voting.
November 01, 2025
high
temporal
Party-level measures of extreme voter enthusiasm from a 2025 Fox News poll in New Jersey.
A 2025 Fox News poll of New Jersey likely voters found Democrat Mikie Sherrill at 52% and Republican Jack Ciattarelli at 45%, a 7-point lead for Sherrill.
October 30, 2025
high
temporal
State-level gubernatorial race polling results reported by Fox News.
New Jersey law criminalizes creating or sharing deceptive AI-generated media, with violations potentially subject to prison sentences and fines.
October 25, 2025
high
temporal
Example of a state-level statute that treats deceptive AI media (including deepfakes) as criminal conduct.
As of 2025, registered Democrats outnumber registered Republicans in New Jersey despite gains in Republican voter registration during the 2020s.
October 22, 2025
high
statistical
Relative party registration balance in New Jersey heading into the 2025 gubernatorial election cycle.
As of 2025, Republican candidates have won five of the last ten New Jersey gubernatorial elections.
October 22, 2025
high
statistical
Historical competitiveness of Republican candidates in New Jersey gubernatorial contests.
LaMonica McIver is a representative from New Jersey.
October 21, 2025
high
temporal
Elected or designated representative associated with the state of New Jersey.
A 2025 Fox News poll found Democrat Mikie Sherrill leading Republican Jack Ciattarelli among New Jersey likely voters by 50% to 45% (a 5-point lead), down from a 50% to 42% (8-point) lead reported in late September 2025.
October 16, 2025
high
temporal
State-level gubernatorial race polling results and trend compared to late September 2025.
A 2025 Fox News poll found Mikie Sherrill leading Jack Ciattarelli among New Jersey registered voters by 48% to 44% (a 4-point lead), down from a 48% to 41% (7-point) lead reported in late September 2025.
October 16, 2025
high
temporal
Registered-voter breakdown and short-term shift compared to late September 2025.
A 2025 Fox News survey of New Jersey likely voters found Democratic candidate Mikie Sherrill leading Republican Jack Ciattarelli by 5 percentage points (50% to 45%), down from an 8-point lead in late September 2025 (50% to 42%).
October 16, 2025
high
temporal
Poll results describing relative support for major-party gubernatorial candidates in New Jersey during the 2025 election cycle.
New Jersey was one of two U.S. states holding statewide elections in 2025.
October 16, 2025
high
temporal
Calendar fact about the U.S. 2025 election cycle indicating the number of states with statewide contests that year.
New Jersey and Virginia hold their gubernatorial elections in the year following U.S. presidential elections.
October 15, 2025
high
temporal
Scheduling of state gubernatorial elections relative to the U.S. presidential election cycle.
Republicans won five of the ten most recent New Jersey gubernatorial elections prior to 2025.
October 15, 2025
high
temporal
Historical partisan outcomes in New Jersey gubernatorial elections.
A Fox News poll conducted October 10–14, 2025 found Democratic nominee Mikie Sherrill at 50% support and Republican nominee Jack Ciattarelli at 45% support among likely New Jersey voters.
October 14, 2025
high
temporal
Public opinion polling for the 2025 New Jersey gubernatorial election.
A 2025 Wall Street Journal analysis found that working-class, Hispanic, and Black neighborhoods in Virginia and New Jersey that had supported Donald Trump in the 2024 presidential election shifted toward Democratic candidates in the 2025 gubernatorial elections.
January 01, 2025
high
statistical
Comparison of voting patterns between the 2024 presidential election and 2025 gubernatorial elections as identified by a Wall Street Journal analysis.
Every county in New Jersey shifted further to the left in the 2025 New Jersey gubernatorial election compared to the 2021 New Jersey gubernatorial election, according to post-election data.
January 01, 2025
high
temporal
Comparison of county-level vote orientation between the 2021 and 2025 New Jersey gubernatorial elections based on post-election data.
In the 2025 New Jersey gubernatorial election, Mikie Sherrill received 56.5% of the total 3,256,410 votes cast and Jack Ciattarelli received 42.8%.
January 01, 2025
high
temporal
Statewide vote shares and total votes reported for the 2025 New Jersey gubernatorial election.
Sussex County, New Jersey experienced a 16.2-point shift toward Democratic candidates between the 2021 and 2025 New Jersey gubernatorial elections, with Jack Ciattarelli's share falling from 66.8% in 2021 to 59.2% in 2025.
January 01, 2025
high
temporal
County-level change in Republican vote share between the 2021 and 2025 New Jersey gubernatorial elections.
Under New Jersey law, first-degree criminal offenses carry a prison sentence of 10 to 20 years and may include a fine of up to $200,000.
November 14, 2024
high
legal
Statutory penalties for first-degree offenses in New Jersey.
Under New Jersey law, a first-degree money laundering conviction carries a maximum fine of $500,000.
November 14, 2024
high
legal
Statutory maximum fine specific to first-degree money laundering in New Jersey.
Under New Jersey law, second-, third-, and fourth-degree criminal charges can carry prison sentences.
November 14, 2024
high
legal
General statement that lower-degree felony and misdemeanor charges in New Jersey include potential imprisonment.
In the 2024 U.S. presidential election, Donald Trump carried Tennessee's 7th Congressional District by roughly 20 percentage points.
November 05, 2024
high
statistical
Result from the 2024 presidential election at the congressional-district level.
New Jersey experienced a decline in voter turnout between the 2020 and 2024 elections, with larger turnout declines among Latino voters and among registered Democrats.
November 05, 2024
high
temporal
Observed changes in turnout by demographic groups in New Jersey across two presidential election cycles.
In the 2021 New Jersey gubernatorial election, incumbent Democratic Governor Phil Murphy defeated Jack Ciattarelli by approximately three percentage points.
November 02, 2021
high
temporal
Result and margin of the 2021 New Jersey governor's race
In 2021, New Jersey enacted legislation establishing in-person early voting.
January 01, 2021
high
temporal
State-level voting reform expanded early in-person voting access.
New Jersey's implementation of in-person early voting requires each county to designate in-person early voting locations for the early voting period.
January 01, 2021
high
temporal
Operational detail about how the 2021 New Jersey early voting law is implemented.
In the 2021 New Jersey gubernatorial election, Phil Murphy received 51.2% of the vote and Jack Ciattarelli received 48.0%.
January 01, 2021
high
temporal
Statewide vote shares reported for the 2021 New Jersey gubernatorial election.
Sports betting has been legal in New Jersey at licensed casino operators and racetracks since 2018.
January 01, 2018
high
temporal
State-level legalization and authorized venues for sports wagering in New Jersey.
From 1989 through 2017, New Jersey elected a governor from the party opposite the sitting U.S. president in every gubernatorial election.
December 31, 2017
high
temporal
Historical pattern relating gubernatorial outcomes to the party of the sitting U.S. president
In the 2017 New Jersey gubernatorial election, Democratic candidate Phil Murphy won by more than 14 percentage points.
November 07, 2017
high
temporal
Result and margin of the 2017 New Jersey governor's race
Christine Todd Whitman served as Governor of New Jersey from 1994 to 2001 and was the state's first female governor.
January 01, 1994
high
temporal
Historical fact about New Jersey's gubernatorial history.
New Jersey has not voted for a Republican presidential candidate since the 1988 presidential election.
November 08, 1988
high
temporal
Statewide presidential voting history
No political party has held the New Jersey governorship for more than three consecutive terms since the 1960s, when a two-term Democratic governor succeeded another two-term Democratic governor.
December 31, 1969
high
temporal
Long-term pattern of party tenure in the New Jersey governorship
Virginia and New Jersey are among the few U.S. states that hold statewide elections in the year after U.S. presidential elections, and gubernatorial contests held in those off-year cycles are often treated as referenda on the newly elected president.
high
electoral
Explains the timing of statewide elections in Virginia and New Jersey and how those contests are commonly interpreted.
Virginia and New Jersey are the only U.S. states that hold gubernatorial elections in the calendar year immediately following a U.S. presidential election.
high
temporal
State election scheduling for gubernatorial contests
A gubernatorial or state-declared state of emergency in New Jersey authorizes the activation of the state's emergency services personnel.
high
procedural
Legal/administrative effect of declaring a state of emergency in New Jersey.
The Gateway Project is an infrastructure initiative to build a new rail tunnel under the Hudson River connecting New Jersey and New York.
high
descriptive
General description of the Gateway Project as a cross-Hudson rail tunnel initiative.
The rail corridor under the Hudson River between New Jersey and New York is among the busiest train corridors in the United States.
medium
descriptive
Characterization of the corridor's traffic levels relative to other U.S. rail corridors.
New Jersey has statutory anti-hazing laws that allow prosecutors to seek penalties for individuals involved in hazing.
high
general
State-level legal frameworks provide criminal or civil enforcement mechanisms for hazing activity.
Gubernatorial elections in Virginia and New Jersey held in the year after a U.S. presidential election are historically closely watched nationally as barometers of voter sentiment toward the party holding the White House.
high
temporal
These off-year gubernatorial elections are used as indicators of national political mood in the cycle following a presidential election.