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| Winner |
Losers |
| TOM DEGISE |
STEVE FULOP |
| The Hudson County Executive has peace in county politics and moves to end his deal with ICE, giving him a virtually unobstructed path to re-election in 2019 — and his daughter, Amy, presides over a party that appears exactly as unified as they want it to be. |
The Jersey City mayor fails in his bid to keep Democrats out of the Hudson Democratic fundraiser; 7 of 9 city councilmembers attended, and one who didn’t, Michael Yun, is hardly influenced by a mayor of increasingly waning power. |
| LEROY JONES |
LEONARD LANCE |
| The Essex County Democratic Chairman gets his first choice appointed as the new Essex County Prosecutor — a big deal in county politics. |
The five-term GOP congressman plays a little fast and loose with the facts in a new TV ad attacking his Democratic opponent, Tom Malinowski. |
| CORY BOOKER |
FRAN GRENIER |
| Not taking sides, but objectively the Democratic U.S. Senator showed considerable testicular fortitude — something that could propel his shot at the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination. |
The former Salem County GOP chairman violated state election laws by accepting $220,000 from the estate of a deceased Republican supporter, according to a Superior Court Judge’s ruling. |
| JOE LAGANA |
LAURA GRANELLI |
| The Democratic state senator draws a weak GOP opponent whose has already lost races for freeholder and councilwoman in a special election for 38 months in the upper house. |
The Neptune school board member and former Newt Gingrich for President supporter disrupts a Josh Welle press conference, pretending to be a concerned citizen. |
| DEMOCRATIC STATE COMMITTEE |
DAVID CRUZ |
| The state party adds 2.2 million cell phone numbers to their database — an enormous advantage in an era where voters either don’t have a land line, or don’t answer it — and they raise over $4.5 million. |
The NJTV reporter was slightly tone deaf, loudly complaining about the lack of air conditioning at a press conference that was held at a New Brunswick soup kitchen that provides food for the poor. Sorry he was a bit uncomfortable. |
October 22, 2018
February 15, 2019