Republican Jack Ciattarelli, who came close to defeating Democratic Gov. Phil Murphy in 2021, has launched a third straight bid to lead New Jersey. Ciattarelli formally announced his campaign Tuesday night in Freehold, pledging to take on the state’s high taxes.
Ciattarelli formally announced his bid Tuesday night in Freehold, pledging to take on the state’s high taxes. The announcement was expected:He joins a former legislative colleague, state Sen. Jon Bramnick, in next year’s Republican primary. New Jersey , like Virginia, holds odd-year gubernatorial elections that unfold the year after each presidential contest.
The race will be wide open with Murphy leaving office after eight years due to term limits. The Democratic field includes Jersey City Mayor Steve Fulop and former Senate President Steve Sweeney. Newark Mayor Ras Baraka has indicated he would run as well. Unlike Bramnick, Ciattarelli has said he’s backing former President Donald Trump. Ciattarelli had been critical of Trump when the former casino mogul and reality television star first ran for president, but has backed him since then. Bramnick has staked out more a critical position on Trump.Ciattarelli, who quit his Assembly seat to seek the governorship in 2017, is an accountant who founded a medical publishing company and held local positions in Somerset County.
He lost the GOP primary that year to former Lt. Gov. Kim Guadagno, but won his party’s nomination in 2021 and came with in a few percentage points of beating Murphy, a self-proclaimed progressive, in the heavily Democratic state. That was a good year for Republicans in legislative races, but the
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