New Jersey Democrat Gov. Phil Murphy sounds off on the presidential election results, which saw Trump close the gap in New Jersey 10 points from his last loss.

Democratic Party leaders in New Jersey were struggling to find answers about poor turnout across the Garden State.

In New Jersey, Democrats outnumber Republicans and control every branch of government. But Tuesday’s vote nonetheless reflected a clear shift.

Normally a reliable blue bastion in federal elections, New Jersey surprisingly put up swing state numbers on Tuesday, coming the closest it has in a generation to casting its electoral votes for a Republican president.

Hillary Clinton also faired better than Harris did when she faced Trump in 2016, beating him by more than 500,000 votes with 2.14 million to Trump’s 1.60 million in New Jersey. At the local level, a similar widening of margins occurred for Monmouth and Ocean counties, two Republican strongholds that saw a greater GOP victory than in the past.

A closer than predicted margin for Kamala Harris has Jersey’s Trump-supporters saying we told you so and Democrats soul-searching.

WOODLAND PARK, N.J. -- Democrats made history in two New Jersey election races on Tuesday. Congressman Andy Kim will be the first Korean-American to represent the state in the U.S. Senate, and state Sen. Nellie Pou is CBS News' projected winner in the 9th Congressional District, becoming the first Latina to represent the Garden State in Congress.

See live updates of New Jersey election results from the 2024 election, including Senate and House races, state elections and ballot initiatives.

Trump’s endorsement in the 2024 Republican U.S. Senate primary didn’t win it for Christine Serrano Glassner, at least in part because of the line. Now, without the line, Trump is poised to be kingmaker in the Republican primary and probably indirectly the biggest undercurrent of the Democratic primary.

Nellie Pou, a Democrat, wins the Ninth District in New Jersey. Race called by The Associated Press. race called Live analysis of the results › Hispanic counties have long been Democratic strongholds in Texas.

New Jersey trends Democratic in presidential elections, going for President Joe Biden in 2020 by 16%.Polling averages compiled by 538 show Vice President Kamal