Murphy Vs. Ciattarelli: How Barnegat, Manahawkin Voted

BARNEGAT, NJ — It has been the closest gubernatorial race in decades. With the race declared for Phil Murphy over Jack Ciattarelli with 98 percent of the votes counted statewide, here's a look at how Barnegat and Stafford townships voted.

The voter turnout in Ocean County was 46.95 percent, according to unofficial tallies published by the Ocean County Board of Elections as of Friday. Of 455,804 registered voters in the county, there are 170,257 registered Republicans, 101,334 registered Democrats, and 178,182 unaffiliated voters.

In Barnegat, 47.1 percent of the township's registered voters cast ballots for Murphy or Ciattarelli. Similarly in Stafford Township, 47.4 percent of the township's registered voters cast ballots for Murphy or Ciattarelli.

Of Barnegat’s 19,804 registered voters, 9,329 cast ballots with 6,083 for Ciattarelli and 3,246 for Murphy, according to the unofficial vote tallies.

Of Stafford’s 23,097 registered voters, 10,955 cast ballots with 7,670 for Ciattarelli and 3,285 for Murphy, according to the unofficial vote tallies.

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The official election results will be determined at the Board of Canvassers meeting on Nov. 15 and the County Clerk must certify official election results to the Secretary of State by Nov. 20.

As of 2 p.m. Friday, Murphy had a margin of 57,379 votes — 1,273,034 to 1,215,655 according to the Associated Press.

For the NJ 9 District race, Republicans Christopher Connors, Brian Rumpf and DiAnne Gove were returned to office. Read more: NJ 9th District: Connors, Rumpf, Gove Win Senate, Assembly Seats

All ballots postmarked before Nov. 2, will be counted until Nov. 8.

With reporting by Karen Wall, Patch Staff.

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