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DiMaso, county backed candidates will appear in adjacent columns on ballot

April 16, 2021 3:45 pmApril 16, 2021 4:33 pm

Assemblywoman Serena DiMaso (R-Holmdel) will appear next to Assemblyman Gerald Scharfenberger (R-Middletown) and Holmdel Board of Education President Vicky Flynn, whom county Republicans selected to replace DiMaso on the organizational line, after Wednesday’s ballot draw. Scharfenberger and Flynn are bracketed...

What to watch for in today’s primary election ballot draws

April 16, 2021 10:58 amApril 16, 2021 4:28 pm

County clerks will draw for ballot positions on Friday afternoon. The only drama will be on the Republican side, since the two Democrats challenging Gov. Phil Murphy in the primary were removed from the ballot. That means the organization line...

Rizzo will appeal public fund match denial

April 14, 2021 4:02 pm

Republican gubernatorial candidate Phil Rizzo intends to appeal the New Jersey Election Law Enforcement Commission’s decision to deny his campaign matching public funds over late and deficient paperwork, his campaign announced Wednesday. “Hundreds of people made their voices heard to...

ELEC denies Rizzo’s application for matching funds

April 14, 2021 10:04 am

The New Jersey Election Law Enforcement Commission on Tuesday denied an application for public campaign financing submitted by the campaign of Republican gubernatorial candidate Phil Rizzo. Politico New Jersey was first to report the denial. The decision is a major...

Ciattarelli attacks Rizzo over taxes, Catholic comments

April 12, 2021 4:45 pmApril 12, 2021 6:34 pm

This article was updated with comment from Joanna Duka at 6:34 p.m. Republican gubernatorial candidate Jack Ciattarelli launched an attack at a GOP primary rival for he first time since former GOP State Chairman Doug Steinhardt dropped out of the...

Ciattarelli set to receive $750k in matching funds

April 12, 2021 1:22 pm

Another $749,737 in public matching funds is coming Jack Ciattarelli’s way. The New Jersey Election Law Enforcement Commission today approved the transfer of funds to Ciattarelli’s campaign for the Republican nomination for governor. Ciattarelli has now received $2,883,176 in matching...

Here’s why some Republicans are starting to take Phil Rizzo seriously

April 8, 2021 2:13 amApril 12, 2021 9:33 pm

Phil Rizzo, a former real estate developer who is now the pastor of a small Baptist church in Hudson County, is mounting a come-out-of-nowhere campaign for the Republican gubernatorial nomination. Rizzo is suddenly being taken seriously, and while that certainly...