Jack DeGroot Archives - New Jersey Globe

N.J. Right to Life PAC announces 2026 endorsements, including Pino in NJ-9

May 21, 2026 2:25 pm

New Jersey Right to Life PAC, a prominent anti-abortion group that’s influential among New Jersey conservatives, has lent its support to several Republican candidates running for Congress this year. In the 9th district, the PAC has endorsed Clifton Councilwoman Rosie...

DeGroot announces re-election bid as Sussex commissioner

February 12, 2026 6:32 pmFebruary 13, 2026 11:38 am

Sussex County Commissioner Jack DeGroot will seek a second term this year, he announced Thursday evening. DeGroot, a 27-year-old Republican, is the only Sussex commissioner up for re-election this year. He first won election in 2023 and is instantly the...

GOP wins county offices in Cape May, Hunterdon, Monmouth, Ocean, Salem, Sussex, Warren

November 7, 2023 11:43 pmNovember 8, 2023 12:10 am

The New Jersey Globe projects that Republicans have held onto their countyiwde offices in seven staunchly Republican counties: Cape May, Hunterdon, Monmouth, Ocean, Salem, Sussex, and Warren. Cape May Republicans in one of New Jersey’s reddest counties swept races tonight...

A tale of three county commissioner primaries

June 16, 2023 5:17 pmJune 25, 2023 8:07 am

County commissioner races are like the middle child of New Jersey politics. They don’t attract the same level of interest as, say, a race for Congress; at the same time, they’re not truly local in the way that a mayoral...

24-year-old farmer unseats incumbent Sussex County Commissioner in GOP primary

June 6, 2023 10:32 pmJune 6, 2023 10:56 pm

Jack DeGroot, a 24-year-old farmer and graduate student, has unseated Sussex County Commissioner Herb Yardley (R-Stillwater) in the county’s Republican primary, the New Jersey Globe projects. As of 10:29 p.m., DeGroot has 53% of the vote, well ahead of Yardley’s...