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| Winner | Losers |
| SEAN EARLEN | LIZETTE DELGADO-POLANCO |
| The Burlington County GOP chairman scores a major candidate recruitment coup with the announcement that popular sheriff Jean Stanfield will run against Joe Howarth in the 8th district State Assembly primary. | How many more punches in the face can the embattled CEO of the New Jersey Schools Development Authority take before Gov. Phil Murphy calls uncle and fires her? |
| PHIL MURPHY, STEVE SWEENEY & CRAIG COUGHLIN |
JEFFREY FAUNTLROY & MO DELGADO |
| The Governor, Senate President and Assembly Speaker are in a significantly better place in their relationship than they were a year ago, and despite some disagreements of the millionaire’s tax, there are signs that this budget will be less painful than the last one. | The Atlantic City councilmen have ELEC complaints filed against them for not filing campaign finance reports — not a huge deal on their own, but after a dozen other little things, these guys may be in the wrong line of work. |
| MICHAEL TESTA, JR. | ROSEMARY BECCHI |
| The Cumberland County GOP chairman wins his own organization line for State Senate with 87% of the vote against a former assemblyman who also comes from Cumberland County. | A would-be congressional candidate refuses to disclose the donors to her dark money non-profit, making her seem a little shadowy. |
| HETTY ROSENSTEIN | MARIO KRANJAC |
| The state CWA director gets a new contract on the eve of the governor’s budget address — a very big deal. | The Englewood Cliffs mayor is censured by the borough council after allegedly threatening to punch the municipal attorney. |
| GERALD SCHARFENBERGER | ? ? ? |
| The Monmouth County freeholder has a clear shot for an open Assembly seat in a GOP district — he’s unopposed at the county Republican convention. | The individual who hired Al Alvarez is likely to get outed when the former SDA chief of staff testifies before a legislative investigatory panel. Presumably he knows who hired him. |
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