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A brief electoral history of Jack Ciattarelli

July 31, 2024 11:13 amJuly 31, 2024 5:23 pm

When New Jersey’s 2025 primary rolls around next June, Jack Ciattarelli will have been running for governor for nearly ten years straight. He ran the first time in 2017, losing the Republican primary to then-Lieutenant Gov. Kim Guadagno; he returned...

Pemberton resident drops GOP presidential bid, will run for Senate instead

January 3, 2024 10:45 amJanuary 3, 2024 3:50 pm

Albert Harshaw, a resident of New Jersey’s Pemberton Township and until recently a Republican candidate for President of the United States, has decided to set his sights lower and run for a seat in the United States Senate instead. According...

Judge dismisses Mehta’s defamation lawsuit against Singh

September 18, 2023 12:35 pmSeptember 18, 2023 7:01 pm

A defamation lawsuit filed more than two years ago by 2020 U.S. Senate candidate Rik Mehta against Republican primary foe Hirsh Singh has been dismissed, with a Superior Court judge finding that Singh’s campaign attacks “are protected statements of opinion.”...

Five ways of looking at the LD26 GOP primary

May 26, 2023 4:45 pmMay 30, 2023 10:25 am

At first glance, New Jersey’s 26th legislative district, a staunchly Republican district based in Morris County, is not the most obvious place for a highly competitive GOP primary. Its three incumbents – State Sen. Joe Pennacchio (R-Montville), Assemblyman Jay Webber...

The far-right Oath Keepers who call New Jersey home

July 12, 2022 6:42 pmJuly 13, 2022 3:58 pm

The Oath Keepers were instrumental in the January 2021 attack on the U.S. Capitol. They’ve made armed appearances at protests and propagated violent anti-government views for more than a decade. They’re currently a focus of the U.S. House’s January 6...

After five campaigns in four years, does Singh have any political future?

June 10, 2021 2:54 pmMarch 23, 2022 3:28 pm

Two years ago, Atlantic County Republicans offered Hirsh Singh what looked like the break of a lifetime for a young Republican aspiring to hold public office: a chance to run for State Assembly in a politically competitive district. Singh turned...

Ciattarelli swept all 21 counties

June 9, 2021 4:00 amJune 12, 2021 3:41 pm

Jack Ciattarelli won a decisive 23-point victory in the Republican gubernatorial primary after sweeping all 21 counties in his bid to take on Gov. Phil Murphy in the general election. Ciattarelli leads real estate developer-turned-pastor Phil Rizzo by 71,517 votes,...