New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy assails GOP rival for refusal to concede with ‘no mathematical path forward’

Published November 8, 2021 9:53pm ET



The campaign for Gov. Phil Murphy chastised Jack Ciattarelli for not conceding the New Jersey governor’s race, insisting there is “no mathematical path forward” for the Republican to win.

Mollie Binotto, the campaign director for the Democratic incumbent, shared a memo on Monday in which she called on Ciattarelli to admit defeat nearly a week after the election on Tuesday. The GOP candidate continuing to hold out, long after the Associated Press and other news outlets projected Murphy to be the winner, is a “cynical game” that will “sow doubt in our Democracy,” she said.

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