Murphy Touts Value of New Jersey Lifestyle as Payoff for Higher Costs
- ‘We are not going to be the low-cost state to live or work in’
- New Jersey and Virginia races may set tone for 2022 elections
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New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy said he is leaning on liberal Democratic values as he tries to lure companies from lower-taxed Republican states, revive the economy and win a second term.
Murphy, 64, would become the first New Jersey Democrat to be re-elected governor in four decades if he wins the Nov. 2 election. He says he’s blunted the pain of New Jersey’s highest-in-the-nation property taxes with rebates, credits and increased school aid while making college, health care and childcare more affordable.