Rep. Mikie Sherrill (D-N.J.) holds an 8-point lead over former GOP Assemblyman Jack Ciattarelli in the New Jersey gubernatorial race ahead of next Tuesday, according to a poll.

A Quinnipiac University poll released Thursday found Sherrill ahead of Ciattarelli 51 percent to 43 percent among likely voters. Three percent said they were undecided while both long-shot candidates — Socialist Workers Party candidate Joanne Kuniansky and Libertarian Party candidate Vic Kaplan — each received 1 percent.

The polling offers a minor shift from the last poll Quinnipiac University released earlier this month, which........

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