{"id":16734,"date":"2025-10-25T21:34:09","date_gmt":"2025-10-25T21:34:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/16734\/"},"modified":"2025-10-25T21:34:09","modified_gmt":"2025-10-25T21:34:09","slug":"early-voting-underway-in-new-york-new-jersey-amid-hotly-contested-mayor-and-governor-races","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/16734\/","title":{"rendered":"Early voting underway in New York, New Jersey amid hotly contested mayor and governor races"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Early voting is underway Saturday in New York and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/us\/us-regions\/northeast\/new-jersey\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:New Jersey;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">New Jersey<\/a> with the public casting ballots in the hotly contested races for New York City mayor and New Jersey governor.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The New York State Board of Elections said early voters are given nine days to vote in person prior to Election Day, starting on Oct. 25 and ending Nov. 2. The race to become the next mayor of the Big Apple is drawing national attention.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">On Friday, Democrat mayoral nominee and frontrunner <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/zohran-mamdani-lands-second-key-endorsement-new-york-city-mayoral-race\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Zohran Mamdani;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Zohran Mamdani<\/a> scored an endorsement from House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y. Earlier this week, former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, who is running as an independent mayoral candidate, was formally endorsed by current New York City Mayor Eric Adams.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;Tomorrow, I vote on the first day of early voting,&#8221; Republican candidate Curtis Sliwa said Friday on &#8220;The Will Cain Show.&#8221; &#8220;That should put a nail into the coffin for anybody who thinks I\u2019m dropping out.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/mamdani-accuses-cuomo-islamophobic-rhetoric-contentious-nyc-mayoral-race-comes-down-wire\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Mamdani Accuses Cuomo Of \u2018Islamophobic Rhetoric\u2019 As Contentious Nyc Mayoral Race Comes Down To The Wire;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Mamdani Accuses Cuomo Of \u2018Islamophobic Rhetoric\u2019 As Contentious Nyc Mayoral Race Comes Down To The Wire<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Sliwa has been facing pressure to drop out of the race to boost the chances of Cuomo defeating Mamdani.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><a href=\"https:\/\/foxnews.onelink.me\/xLDS\/mvaj7wvj\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Read On The Fox News App;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Read On The Fox News App<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Meanwhile, the New Jersey Division of Elections said every county in the state &#8220;will designate in-person early voting locations that will be open Saturday, October 25, 2025 &#8211; Sunday, November 2, 2025 (the in-person early voting period).<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;In 2021, historic legislation established in-person early voting in New Jersey. This law makes our state even more voter-friendly and strengthens our democracy by expanding opportunities to exercise your right to vote.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/us\/us-regions\/northeast\/new-jersey\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Justice Department Sends Federal Election Watchers To California And New Jersey Counties Amid Republican Requests;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Justice Department Sends Federal Election Watchers To California And New Jersey Counties Amid Republican Requests<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"Composite image showing Rep. Mikie Sherril and Jack Ciattarelli speaking on two different events\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"960\" height=\"540\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"rounded-lg\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/7dbaf8844bc811047d8defb2269268f1.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Democrat Mikie Sherrill, left, and Republican Jack Ciattarelli are competing to become the next governor of New Jersey.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">In the Garden State, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/fortnight-election-day-5-key-2025-races-watch\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Democrat Mikie Sherrill and Republican Jack Ciattarelli;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Democrat Mikie Sherrill and Republican Jack Ciattarelli<\/a> are competing for the governorship. Current Democrat Gov. Phil Murphy leaves office in January.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;Our polling&#8217;s looking good. I think we&#8217;re feeling really good right now,&#8221; Sherrill touted as she <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/cliff-hanger-ciattarelli-sherrill-claim-upper-hand-crucial-new-jersey-showdown-governor\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:spoke with Fox News Digital;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">spoke with Fox News Digital<\/a> after headlining a major party gathering this week in this northern New Jersey township.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><a href=\"https:\/\/foxnews.onelink.me\/xLDS?pid=AppArticleLink&amp;af_dp=foxnewsaf%3A%2F%2F&amp;af_web_dp=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.foxnews.com%2Fapps-products\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Click Here To Download The Fox News App;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Click Here To Download The Fox News App<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;I think we&#8217;re in a great position,&#8221; Ciattarelli also said in a Fox News interview after a campaign stop at a diner in Linden, New Jersey.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Fox News\u2019 Paul Steinhauser contributed to this report.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Original article source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/early-voting-underway-new-york-new-jersey-amid-hotly-contested-mayor-governor-races\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Early voting underway in New York, New Jersey amid hotly contested mayor and governor races;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Early voting underway in New York, New Jersey amid hotly contested mayor and governor races<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Early voting is underway Saturday in New York and New Jersey with the public casting ballots in the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":16735,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[80,154,1066,9,24,55,2695,54,56,9803,82],"class_list":["post-16734","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-york-city","tag-andrew-cuomo","tag-curtis-sliwa","tag-new-jersey","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-new-york-city-headlines","tag-new-york-city-mayor","tag-new-york-city-news","tag-ny","tag-republican-candidate","tag-zohran-mamdani"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16734","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16734"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16734\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16735"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16734"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16734"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16734"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}