So tonight, I renew my promise to you, whether you voted for me or not, to work every single day of the next four years to keep moving us forward, forward with renewed optimism to ensure greater opportunities for all 9.3 million who call the Garden State their home. If you want to be governor of all of New Jersey, you must listen to all of New Jersey. In defending women’s health and funding Planned Parenthood.
In making millionaires pay their fair share to give working families and the middle class a break. We are a national leader in raising the minimum wage. And we know how to move forward, and accomplish big things. In New Jersey, we know how to make forward work from the middle out and the bottom up. Thank you for saying we need to keep moving forward on our shared journey to a stronger and fairer New Jersey. I am humbled to be the first Democratic governor re-elected in the great state of New Jersey since my dear friend, the late governor Brendan Byrne, did this in 1977. His campaign focused on his record during his first term and his left-leaning approach to governing.
Murphy is the first Democratic governor to be re-elected in New Jersey in more than 44 years. Transcript Murphy Wins New Jersey Governor’s Race for a Second Term Gov.
