Twelve days before the election, the air inside the Mercer Oaks Golf Course dining room was heavy with penne alla vodka and agita. As Mikie Sherrill stepped inside, the crowd of New Jersey Democratic loyalists erupted — waving signs,

The New Jersey governors election grows tighter even as Democratic candidate Mikie Sherrill maintains her lead.

Democrat governor candidate Mikie Sherrill declared that "New Jersey is a blue state" on Saturday in the final days of her campaign against Jack Ciattarelli.

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