New Jersey Republicans vie for control of the Legislature with every seat on the ballot

By MIKE CATALINI
Associated Press

TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — New Jersey voters have wrapped up casting ballots for a new Legislature, with all 120 seats on the ballot. Republicans are fighting for a shot at controlling either chamber for the first time in more than two decades. The GOP has stopped short of declaring they would recapture control of the Assembly or Senate, which they haven’t held since 2001. But they sounded optimistic after picking up seven seats in 2021. That was the year Gov. Phil Murphy had a much closer reelection victory than polls projected. Polls closed Tuesday at 8 p.m. Early in-person voting and mail-in balloting has already been underway.