“When You Get Your Ass Kicked, You Don’t Want to Overreact”: Rocked by Gnarly Elections, Democrats Are Gaming Out How to Regroup

Phil Murphy survived. Polls that showed the incumbent Democratic governor of New Jersey ahead by double digits turned into an election night near-death experience. Murphy eventually won by 2.9 points—a margin wider than that of Republican Glenn Youngkin’s victory in Virginia. Which is of absolutely no comfort to four vulnerable New Jersey Democrats in Congress. For them, last week’s surprisingly tight result kicked off a year of cold sweats. “Tom Malinowski, Josh Gottheimer, Andy Kim, Mikie Sherrill—oh, yeah, they have something to worry about,” says Julie Roginsky, a Democratic strategist who used to be a top adviser to Murphy. “They… Read Full Article