Even though Vice President Kamala Harris lost the 2024 election, she secured wins against former President Donald Trump in both New York and New Jersey. Nonetheless, the race was closer than it was in 2020 or 2016.

In campaign appearances, the president-elect railed against offshore wind and promised to sign an executive order to block such projects on his first day in office.

Democratic Party leaders in New Jersey were struggling to find answers about poor turnout across the Garden State.

In New Jersey, Democrats outnumber Republicans and control every branch of government. But Tuesday’s vote nonetheless reflected a clear shift.

Hillary Clinton also faired better than Harris did when she faced Trump in 2016, beating him by more than 500,000 votes with 2.14 million to Trump’s 1.60 million in New Jersey. At the local level, a similar widening of margins occurred for Monmouth and Ocean counties, two Republican strongholds that saw a greater GOP victory than in the past.

Vice President Kamala Harris has won New Jersey, and Rep. Andy Kim has won former Sen. Bob Menendez's seat, CBS News projects.

The hearing, which was the first to accept the public's testimony on how to redesign New Jersey's ballots, follows a federal judge's order that barred the use of party-line primary ballots, which group certain candidates into a single row or column. Critics have said party-line ballots give some candidates an unfair advantage.

WOODLAND PARK, N.J. -- One Democrat made history and another is poised to following New Jersey election races on Tuesday.

Representative Thomas Kean Jr., a first-term Republican, was re-elected after a hard-fought race against Sue Altman, a Democrat.

Vice President Harris will win New Jersey, giving her the Garden State’s 14 electoral votes, Decision Desk HQ projects. New Jersey is a solidly blue-leaning state that Harris was expected to

Democrat Nellie Pou wins election to U.S. House in New Jersey's 9th Congressional District.

View results from the 2024 New Jersey House of Representatives election. Follow live outcomes and maps by district as votes are added up on Election Day.