Former Goldman Sachs executive Phil Murphy has won the Democratic nomination in the race to succeed New Jersey Governor Chris Christie.
In his victory speech, Murphy says people all across New Jersey are demanding change and he’s here to change things.
“Four more years of Christie style politics won’t change New Jersey’s unfair, unsuccessful, unsustainable course but we will.”
Murphy says he’d fully fund education and put the state on the path to making full payments into the public employee pension fund. And he has a way to pay for it.
“We will ask the very wealthiest and the big corporations to pay their fair share. We will close loopholes that only benefit Wall Street money managers.”
Murphy says he’d increase the state’s minimum wage to $15 an hour, sign common sense gun laws, and legalize marijuana.
He says he looks forward to a November election campaign based on policy and vision.