Phil Rizzo Archives

Seeking funds, Flanagan launches lengthy social media spot

July 15, 2021 12:13 pmJuly 15, 2021 2:56 pm

Tricia Flanagan went on an early offensive against Rep. Andy Kim (D-Bordentown) with a lengthy social media video taking aim at House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Gov. Phil Murphy and the state’s response to COVID-19. The two-minute-and-19-second spot shows Flanagan walking...

Kean will run for Congress in 2022 in rematch against Malinowski

July 1, 2021 1:13 pmJuly 12, 2021 1:52 pm

Tom Kean, Jr. will seek the Republican nomination for Congress in New Jersey’s 7th district next year, setting up a widely-anticipated rematch of his 2020 bid to unseat Rep. Tom Malinowski (D-Ringoes). Press play to hear a narrated version of...

Murphy declines to say if he’ll fill Republican vacancy on ELEC board

June 9, 2021 2:38 pmJune 9, 2021 6:39 pm

Gov. Phil Murphy declined to say whether he planned to nominate another Republican to the New Jersey Election Law Enforcement Commission. “I’ve got no crisp reply on the law enforcement commission,” he said during Wednesday’s virus briefing. ELEC, the body...

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,...

Ciattarelli projected to win GOP nomination for governor

June 8, 2021 9:29 pmJune 8, 2021 11:17 pm

Former Assemblyman Jack Ciattarelli has clinched the Republican nod to run for governor, the New Jersey Globe projects. “Tonight New Jerseyans showed they are ready for a change, and we are just getting started,” he said. “The fact is, after...

DiMaso ousted after being dropped from Monmouth GOP line

June 8, 2021 9:21 pm

The Monmouth County line proved too much for Assemblywoman Serena DiMaso (R-Holmdel) to overcome. Assemblyman Gerard Scharfenberger (R-Middletown) and Holmdel School Board President Vicky Flynn will go on to the general election. The contest in the 13th district was one...

GOP candidates for governor make their final push

June 7, 2021 4:43 am

Republican candidates for governor are making their final push for votes ahead of Tuesday’s primary. Frontrunner Jack Ciattarelli is focusing on Gov. Phil Murphy and his handling of the pandemic, seeking to leverage business closures and virus deaths to get...