Fourteen Republican municipal chairs from Somerset County have endorsed favorite son candidate Jack Ciattarelli for the Republican gubernatorial nomination.
“Voters here know Jack and trust him to deliver real conservative results as governor,” said Somerset County GOP Chair Tracy DiFrancesco, a Ciattarelli supporter. “I am proud to have a growing number of our Republican leaders join me in proudly supporting Jack Ciattarelli as the next governor.”
Signing on as Ciattarelli backers are: Steve Parker, Bedminster; Marty Hermann, Branchburg; Michele Peterson, Franklin; John Lore, Green Brook; Ken Scherer, Hillsborough; Joe Lukac, Manville; Kristin Ross, Millstone; Chris Venis, Montgomery; Jen Rizzo, North Plainfield; Adele Goetsch, Raritan; Ron Cefalone, Rocky Hill; Anthony Attanasio, Somerville; Don Silvernail, South Bound Brook; and Maria Dahl, Watchung.
The two Somerset GOP vice chairs, Doug Tomson and Cathy Callahan, Treasurer Gail Rosen, and Finance Chair JP Levin are also with Ciattarelli, along with Republican State Committeewoman Brittany Wheeler; Wheeler was Ciattarelli’s political director in 2017 and 2021.
Five chairs from the 21st legislative district, where State Sen. Jon Bramnick (R-Westfield) is also running for governor, are missing from the endorsement list: Bernards, Bernardsville, Far Hills, Peapack-Gladstone, and Warren; Green Brook and Watchung are also in the 21st. (Warren GOP municipal chair Dan Gallic is supporting Bramnick.) GOP municipal chairs in Bound Brook and Bridgewater have still not taken sides.
Ciattarelli launched his political career in 1988 as a 26-year-old candidate for Raritan Borough Council. After narrowly losing, he won a seat in 1989. He later served as a Somerset County Freeholder and was elected three times to the New Jersey State Assembly from the 16th district.
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