According to the latest voting data from the state's Division of Elections, New Jersey Democrats have returned about 125,000 more ballots for this year's gubernatorial election than registered Republicans.
As of October 15, a total of 308,718 New Jerseyans have cast vote-by-mail ballots in this year's election between Mikie Sherrill and Jack Ciattarelli, with 194,405 sent in by Democrats, 69,243 by Republicans, and 45,070 by unaffiliated voters.
Analysis by political experts shows that Democrats have increased their margin over Republicans in "vote by mail" by about 20,000 compared to the last governor's election.
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Author's summary: NJ Democrats lead in mail-in ballots by 125,000.