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| Winner | Losers |
| JOSH GOTTHEIMER | ANN GROSSI |
| The freshman Democratic congressman is a human fundraising machine, raising $732,305 in the first three months of the year and has $3,257,826 cash-on-hand. | The Morris County Clerk looks less than “over-qualified” when a Superior Court Judge rules that she doesn’t understand how to run an election. |
| PHIL MURPHY | JONATHAN CASTANEDA |
| The Governor has New Jersey’s back and fights back against GOP Gov. Greg Abbott’s bid to lure New Jerseyans to Texas — and shows that a governor can have a fight without getting mean. | The West New York Democratic Municipal Chairman has been ordered to appear before a judge to answer questions about how petitions he circulated for Mayor Felix Roque wound up in the hands of a political rival . |
| NICHOLAS SACCO | EDWARD FORCHION |
| The North Bergen mayor wins three school board seats by a 10-1 margin, not an easy task when there are 23 candidates on the ballot and his slate is not bracketed together. Note: this may be the first time Sacco has made the Winners & Losers list since it debuted in 18 years ago. | New Jersey’s “Weedman” and perennial candidate is in jail awaiting trial on witness tampering charges, just as New Jersey is coming around to his viewpoint: a poll shows 59% of New Jerseyans agree it’s time to legalize recreational marijuana. |
| DOUG STEINHARDT | JOHN PALLONE |
| The Republican State Chairman hosts a successful party building event last weekend in Atlantic City, drawing more than 300 people. | The Long Branch mayoral candidate is a no-show at the first debate. Maybe he was taking a walk through Princeton? |
| DONALD PAYNE | GOP CONGRESSMEN |
| The Essex County congressman does the noble thing and writes a check to a young protégé seeking a Newark City Council seat and didn’t care if the slate of incumbents he supports get mad. In an era of extreme partisanship, it was actually a nice demonstration of leadership. | A new Monmouth University poll shows that Democrats could sweep all 12 New Jersey congressional seats in 2018 — putting Leonard Lance, Tom MacArthur and even nineteen-term Rep. Chris Smith potentially in the cross hairs of a Democratic wave. |
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