Well, the leading Democratic candidates for governor went head to head in their final debate Sunday night with less than a month to go before the June 10th primary.

During the debate hosted by the New Jersey Globe on New Jersey and Rider University, the gubernatorial candidates vowed to take on the Trump administration if elected and spent roughly two and a half hours laying out their agendas on policies ranging from taxes and education spending to DCI and federal funding cuts.

Senior Correspondent Joanna Gaga has more on the key moments from last night's event.

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It was their last chance to pull away from the rest of the pack.

Five of the six Democratic primary candidates running for governor took the stage last night in the last debate of the primary race trying to do just that.

I'm running as the lower costs, lower taxes, Governor, to make life more affordable for people because we have to.

I want to be able to stay here and raise their kids here.

Not only have I fought my entire life for you and your families, but I'm going to continue to do that because I'm so worried about the future.

We're about to leave for our kids.

Most of the progressive organizations in New Jersey support my candidacy because they know I'm a progressive for real.

I'm not just playing one on TV.

I am the one candidate actually has a huge list of accomplishments from the minimum wage, indexing it to paid family leave to women's right to choose.

I've done those things.

I talk in more detail than anybody else with specifics, not platitudes, saying this is what I'm going to do on transportation and this is what I'm going to do on.

Housing, transportation and housing.

Two major topics debated, both issues bringing their share of pain to New Jersey residents.

Newark Airport is still experiencing massive delays while a train strike just ended late yesterday and drivers going into New York are paying congestion pricing tolls.

When asked if they'd let their family fly out of Newark.

Secretary of Transportation Duffy did not let his wife fly out of it, which I think is a huge concern.

I'm furious at what's going on and unfortunately, this is what happens when you dodge the government, and that's what Jack Charter says he's going to do.

Phil Murphy's tone here is entirely too conciliatory, too kind to Donald Trump.

This didn't happen under Joe Biden.

Drag their asses into a hearing and find out why the hell this this is going on.

The bottom line is Newark is a phenomenal place.

We should not send anybody anywhere.

Else any less airplanes flying out of the airport until we get this under control.

The economy has to suffer for people's lives.

Their differences showed when it came to whether congestion pricing or a reverse congestion pricing toll was right for New Jersey.

I stood alone on congestion pricing, saying that it is a healthy thing for the state of New Jersey because if you believe in the environment, you believe in health or you believe in mass transit, from a regional standpoint, you would air on the side that working families take the busses and trains and congestion pricing has served to benefit.

The idea that we would hit hard working families like nurses and electricians and teachers with a new $9 a day tax to drive into New York is outrageous.

Reverse congestion pricing is the dumbest thing I ever heard of ever, to be honest with you.

Now, with all due respect, Matt, because because what's happening, what's going to happen is I got to ask how you're getting that.

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I want you to respond.

Well, splain why it's okay to tax people both ways.

Congestion pricing is wrong.

We should be fighting it.

You cannot exclude New Jersey drivers or you charge any tax wherever your policy.

Very dangerous policy.

Didn't do the research.

You absolutely can exclude people on it.

It is the same.

Yes.

Yes, you can.

It is this.

They discussed affordable housing and whether a governor should require towns by executive order to meet housing requirements set by the state when.

Need declare a state of emergency on housing.

The governor needs to do that immediately.

The the the policy should be driven by the state of New Jersey, by the governor with the support of local building trades.

I believe in giving towns the opportunity.

The problem is we've had 50 years of the asking and it's not happening.

I mean, so we said pretty please too many times.

I was signing an executive order.

If these communities don't start building the housing that they're required to do because young people are leaving.

The candidates address how they'd work with or rather fight the Trump administration to maintain funding for the state in key areas like education and Medicaid.

We are facing the most corrupt president this nation has ever had.

He's attacking people.

He's attacking Medicaid.

He's attacking the Department of Education.

And what's worse than all of this is that he seems to be doing a lot of this where cruelty is the point.

This is not a federal government you can work with.

We're not fighting hard enough to get these dollars back at whatever dollars are there.

We should get more of them to New Jersey for our taxpayers to help our families.

I'm trying to figure out why they have to wait to become the governor to get more money back from the government, because that's their job as Congress.

Your property taxes are up 23% since you're mayor.

Why don't you explain that?

You've raised taxes.

On Horry County, has the highest property taxes in the entire state of New Jersey.

In spite of the contentious moments, each candidate said they would support whoever was elected as the party's nominee on June 10th.

For NJ Spotlight News, I'm Joanna Gaga.

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