It is a close contest in Hunterdon County, where Democrats sizing up their party's primary candidates for governor on a first ballot narrowed their choices to Mikie Sherrill and Ras Baraka.

The results of the first ballot:

Sherrill 81

Baraka 65

Josh Gottheimer 13

Sean Spiller 11

Steve Sweeney 7

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