Dems Search for Leadership, Identity: Balance of Power Panel
Republican Strategist Maura Gillespie and Democratic Strategist Roger Fisk talk the state of the minority party as Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer faces criticism from other democrats in the wake of his vote to back a GOP funding bill. (Source: Bloomberg)
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But Sherrill projected herself as the top general election candidate early, using the last few weeks of the primary to reinforce Republican front-runner Jack Ciattarelli's association with Trump and touting legislation she introduced in April to require Elon Musk and top DOGE staff to take drug tests. 'MAGA's coming for New Jersey, with Trump-endorsed Republican Jack Ciattarelli. We've gotta stop them,' says a recent Sherrill ad. Sherrill has faced the most caustic criticism from rival Steven Fulop, the longtime mayor of Jersey City who eschewed the political bosses he once courted and has run to Sherrill's left with aggressive and detailed policy plans, including support for the type of suburban residential development that has proven a liability for Democrats in general elections. He's called her 'Tammy 2.0,' referring to First Lady Tammy Murphy's dropped bid for U.S. Senator last year that stirred resentment in the party base, and criticized her for refusing to 'take any position that is risky.' Ras Baraka, the mayor of Newark, is also running to Sherrill's left and has appealed to Democrats by aggressively challenging the Trump administration, resulting in his widely-condemned trespassing arrest at a Newark ICE facility last month. The arrest gave him massive publicity, but does not appear to have propelled him to the front of the field, while his fundraising lags his rivals. Former Senate President Steve Sweeney and Rep. Josh Gottheimer have run more moderate campaigns, with Sweeney voting to repeal New Jersey's policy that limits local law enforcement's cooperation with immigration authorities and Gottheimer pledging to cut property taxes by 15 percent. Meanwhile, Sean Spiller, the former mayor of Montclair and president of the 200,000-member New Jersey Education Association, has run a campaign with progressive messaging fueled almost exclusively by a super PAC funded with $40 million from his union, making it by far the most expensive of any candidate's effort. The size of the field and their extensive resources has led to the most expensive and least predictable statewide primary in decades. And that's largely because of progressives' successful challenge of the county line last year. While this is the second Democratic primary not to feature it (and the first Republican one), the 2024 U.S. Senate primary was over before a judge barred the line since Murphy dropped out and effectively handed the party nomination to Andy Kim While Sherrrill has had a lead in the few public polls released in the race and every leaked internal campaign poll, it's rarely been in the double digits. With six candidates, it's possible a Democratic candidate could win with just 20 percent of the vote. The Republican primary is nothing like the Democratic one. The two main candidates, Bill Spadea and Ciattarelli — who was the Republican nominee in 2021 and came within 3 points of ousting Phil Murphy — spent most of it competing as much for an endorsement of Trump as they did appealing to the state's 1.6 million registered Republicans. Spadea, who has long aired anti-vaccine conspiracy theories and cast doubt on the results of the 2020 election, appeared to be in the running for Trump's endorsement. Ciattarelli had in 2015 called Trump a 'charlatan' and, while he gradually warmed to him, largely sought to avoid association with him in his 2021 campaign. But Ciattarelli recently expressed unbridled support for Trump, while his allies dug through thousands of hours of Spadea's programs to find Trump criticism. They also highlighted fundraising and poll results that showed Ciattarelli way ahead. It culminated with an ebullient Ciattarelli getting a photo op sit down with Trump at his golf club in Bedminster. Not to be outdone, Spadea showed up the next day and met with Trump in the golf club's hallway, but did not post a photo of the encounter. It paid off for Ciattarelli with a Trump endorsement, writing on Truth Social that 'Jack, who after getting to know and understand MAGA, has gone ALL IN, and is now 100% (PLUS!)' Spadea sought to reassure disappointed supporters by saying Trump 'endorsed a poll, not a plan' in Ciattarelli. But most political observers counted that as the end of the Republican primary, and subsequent events showed it. Spadea has struggled in fundraising, earning only about half of the matching funds he was eligible for from the state. New Jersey's off-year general election in November — along with Virginia — will be read as a bellwether for the 2026 midterms. 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