Residents all around New Jersey voted in the Primary Election today for the upcoming Governor Race, which will take place in November. The Primary Election ballot includes a total of 18 candidates, including three from Essex County. The Montclair Girl is updating this post with the results as they come in. Read on to see the 2025 results for the New Jersey Governor Primary Election.

Please note: We are updating this article as results come in. You can see the latest election results here.

About the Election

A total of 18 candidates are running in the 2025 New Jersey Governor Primary election.

The Republican candidates include: Justin Barbera, Jon Bramnick, Jack Ciattarelli, Bill Spadea, and Mario Kranjac.

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The Democrat candidates include Newark Mayor Ras Baraka, Steven Fulop, Josh Gottheimer, Montclair Congresswoman Mikie Sherrill, New Jersey Education Association President Sean Spiller from Montclair, and Steve Sweeney.

The write-in candidates include Roger Bacon (Republican), Monica Brinson (Republican), Robert Canfield (Republican), Hans Herberg (Republican), Stephen Zielinski (independent), Gerardo Cendrone (independent), and Karen Zaletel (independent).

More information about each candidate can be found in our previous reporting here.

Early voting took place from June 3rd through June 8th, and the polls are open today through 8PM. The gubernatorial election for New Jersey Governor will be held on November 4th, 2025.

New Jersey Governor Primary Election Results

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As of 9PM on Tuesday, June 10th, the AP has called the Republican primary for candidate Jack Citarelli. Though only 28% of votes had been counted at that time, the AP shared its reasoning as such: "When the AP declared Ciattarelli the winner, he had a nearly 45-point lead over his closest competitor. Ciattarelli led in all 10 of the counties that had released at least some vote, by margins ranging from 13 to 70 points. Those margins were large enough that the other four candidates -- none of whom had more than 15% -- could plausibly make up the gap in the votes left to be counted."

As of 9PM on Tuesday June 10th, the AP has called the Democratic primary for candidate Mickie Sherrill. At the time the AP called the race, 42% of votes had been counted. The AP shared its reasoning as such: "At the time AP called the race, Sherrill had established a sizable lead over all challengers, thanks in part to her strong performance in votes cast prior to Election Day. The other five candidates were clustered between 10 and 20%. With the second-place candidate not leading in a single county -- and even losing his home county to Sherrill -- there was no path for anyone to overtake her."

For up-to-the-minute results from Essex County’s website, click here.

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