Live results: Primary elections for N.J. governor's race 2017

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Source: Newark Star Ledger

Democrat Phil Murphy and Republican Kim Guadagno have emerged victorious among a crowded field of candidates who were seeking nominations to run for the New Jersey governor's seat.

Polls across New Jersey officially closed at 8 p.m. Tuesday in a crowded primary election that determined which Democrat and Republican will be on the November ballot for governor.

It was a packed field, with six Democrats and five Republicans each trying to secure a bid to represent their political party and succeed Gov. Chris Christie, who is serving the final year of his second -- and final -- term in office.

Read more: http://www.nj.com/politics/index.ssf/2017/06/election_results_nj_governor_primary_2017.html#incart_election

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1. A former Goldman executive just won New Jersey's Democratic primary for governor

On the other hand, Murphy’s résumé looks like a parody of what Berniecrats allege about the Clinton wing of the party. In the course of his 23 years at Goldman Sachs, where he started working the year before he graduated from Harvard University, Murphy came under attack for running a division that profited "from an investment into a shoe manufacturer notorious for its horrific work conditions and treatment of employees," according to an investigation by the Star-Ledger newspaper. (Murphy’s campaign says he had no role in the investments.)

After leaving Goldman, Murphy used his considerable financial fortune — estimated at hundreds of millions of dollars — to help steer the Democratic Party. Like many donors, Murphy was then rewarded with an ambassadorship to Germany, over the objection of Chancellor Angela Merkel, who opposed him. Murphy donated millions to Democrats before being appointed ambassador, spent more than $1.5 million on New Jersey Democrats before running for governor, and has poured $15 million of his own money into his race.