high tech texas. the highest including the highest property tax. he has been really aiming at the incumbent governor murphy on that issue as well as social issues. he said governor murphy is too liberal for the state. for his part, murphy said that he is too extreme even though his rhetoric has been as a moderate republican. however, murphy did win the state by 14% two years ago for president biden won by 16% and there is an edge of 1 million democratic voters of republicans. let s take a look at some of the history or the last democratic governor to reclaim the state happen in 1977 when brandon byrne over republican challenge but then jim florio a $3 billion tax hike that enabled the republican at that point to gain the state house and sean corzine had a sales tax hike that