What to Watch in New Jersey’s Gubernatorial Primaries

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Only two states will hold gubernatorial elections in 2025: Virginia and New Jersey. The former will not have gubernatorial primaries as the major-party candidates, Democrat Abigail Spanberger and Republican Winsome Earle-Sears, were unopposed. But New Jersey’s primaries to determine which candidates will compete to succeed term-limited incumbent Phil Murphy have become very expensive slugfests, particularly among Murphy’s fellow Democrats.