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A brief electoral history of Bill Spadea

January 10, 2025 5:27 pmJanuary 10, 2025 5:33 pm

Most of the candidates running for governor in New Jersey this year have gone about their political lives in a very careful, ordered way. They’ve slowly built up connections in their local communities, won a seat in the state legislature...

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...

Gaburo stepping down as Somerset GOP chairman

July 2, 2020 5:53 pmJuly 2, 2020 9:05 pm

Al Gaburo will not seek re-election to a sixth term as Somerset County Republican Chairman. Timothy Howes, a former Peapack and Gladstone councilman and a politically active lawyer, appears to be emerging as Gaburo’s likely successor. “I am eternally grateful...