percent of those votes have been counted. a solid progressive lab while ciattarelli tried to paint murphy as being completely out of touch with the average voter. murphy has tried to rally support with appearances by senator bernie sanders, former president barack obama and vice president kamala harris. he holds the lead early in the night but as a result kept trickling in, the race kept getting tighter. we are all sorry that tonigh cannot yet be the celebration w wanted it to be, as i said, whe every vote is counted, and ever vote will be counted, we hope t have a celebration. to get those votes are still counting. this morning registered democrats outnumber registered by more then a million, but the race is still too close to call. ciattarelli tells us he is stil optimistic. the great news, guys, as we
republican challenger jack ciattarelli by a small percentage. ciattarelli is running at a moderate republican lost a slight lead than earlier this morning. 88% of the votes have been counted this morning. the remain votes are expected to be heavely favoring democrats. ciattarelli tried to paint murphy being out of touch with the average voter. murphy holding onto the lead. the race is too close to call. our mission has been sump. to build a state where every child, regardless of race or gender, creed or zip code has the opportunity to live out their hopes and achieve their american dream. these are the values we ve put to work. now registered democrats outnumber registered republicans in new jersey by more than a million but the race still too close to call. ciattarelli remaining op at the