Sixteen years ago, I was born in Hoboken and have called Union City home for all of my life. It seems most of us are sons and daughters of immigrants from latin countries, and we likely are. Over 65,000 people with roots tracing back to so many Hispanic countries live here, but in this tight […]
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A crowd of state and local politicos came out to the Dublin House in Red Bank on Tuesday night for a fundraiser to support Rob Cressen, former Executive Director of the NJ Republican State Committee under two governors and veteran of Assembly Republican Majority campaigns under former Speaker Jack Collins. Cressen has been battling […]
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Save Jerseyans: I know there’s frustration all ways right now over the budget between Governor Christie, Senate President Sweeney, and Assembly Speaker Prieto. I’ve been guilty of complaining, but let’s be solution-based as well. Here is my 6-point plan designed for the Republican Party leadership and our gubernatorial candidate, Lieutenant Governor Kim Guadagno. I believe […]
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Republican State Committeman and grassroots activist, Joshua Einstein, declared his candidacy for Hoboken City Council on Thursday June 29th in a letter addressed to Hoboken and published at HudsonTv news site. Mr. Einstein is a former contributor to this blog and has been involved in Republican and commonsense conservative circles for over a half dozen […]
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Understandably, intra-party opponents sought to cast Paul DiGaetano‘s ill-fated LD40 Senate primary campaign as a referendum of sorts on his chairmanship of the Bergen County Republican Party. November looms large without a doubt but, at least for now, there aren’t any outward signs of mutiny on DiGaetano’s home turf. By way of example: 350+ Bergen […]
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The campaign of Lt. Gov. Kim Guadagno announced its preference for NJGOP chairman (which is tantamount to deciding the question) during a recently concluded Friday afternoon conference call joined by GOP county chairmen and state committee members, Save Jerseyans. Guadagno issued the following statement shortly thereafter: Doug Steinhardt has been involved in the Republican Party […]
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While Kim Guadagno’s choice of running mates is getting a significant amount of attention, Save Jerseyans, like we told you before the primary, the battle for control of the NJGOP is what the gubernatorial primary race was really all about. We’ll soon begin to learn what a Guadagno win means; newly elected and re-upped state committee members […]
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The New Jersey Young Republican Federation has a new leader. On Saturday, Bergen County Republican Organization’s Executive Director Giancarlo Ghione won a nearly 2-1 victory after a late entry into the race just four days before the convention. Ghione told Save Jersey on Wednesday that his primary goal is to retool the New Jersey YRs’ focus as an […]
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The NJGOP’s chairmen are having a family disagreement at the moment, Save Jerseyans, loosely along Guadagno vs. Ciattarelli lines. Things might look different on the other side. Who do you think stands out as the best role model for the others to emulate? Who’s New Jersey’s Best NJGOP County Chair? ATLANTIC: Keith Davis BERGEN: Paul […]
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Tragic news this morning, Save Jerseyans. Multiple Save Jersey sources have confirmed that Republican State Committeeman from Hudson County Russell “Russ” Maffei succumbed to his injuries earlier this morning after a Sunday night hit-and-run accident at Paterson Plank Road and 10th Street in North Bergen. According to reports, Maffei and a second victim were crossing the road near the Coach House […]
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We’ve had a few more counties fall into place since our first primary maps a week ago, Save Jerseyans, so in order to keep you informed of all these developments (and out of mutual love for these brightly colored maps), here’s the latest Save Jersey NJGOP gubernatorial primary battle map: The Map Key: Pink – […]
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The New Jersey Republican Party has a major identity crisis right now. When I talk to fairly apolitical people and ask them what Republicans in the state stand for, they have no clue. It’s not surprising they don’t. Many of the policies that have been pursued are either big talk with little to no action […]
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Four of the five GOP candidates for governor met in Metuchen last week for a wide-ranging discussion with Primary Day 2017 just under three months away…. The participants: Asm. Jack Ciattarelli, Nutley Commissioner Steven Rogers, social media activist Joe Rullo and Atlantic City’s Hirsh Singh. Here’s video from the forum assuming you didn’t make it: — […]
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LD39 and LD40 are rightly getting a lot of attention lately, Save Jerseyans, and veteran Republican politico/former Councilman John McCann‘s major upset win last night in Passaic County merits further discussion. But for the small but strong community of conservative activists in New Jersey? Still peeved over the gas tax hike and equally nauseated over Republican […]
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Is that a shocking enough headline for you? I know there are conservatives and blue dog Democrats alike reeling in horror right now. Let me make my case and you can call me anything you want after. Ronald Reagan, originally an actor and president of the Screen Actors Guild, slowly morphed from a borderline “B” […]
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Five weeks into President Donald Trump’s presidency, the first time in eight years a Republican has been in the White House, where do conservatives see the country going? Here are highlights from The Daily Signal’s coverage of the Conservative Political Action Conference, or CPAC, the largest annual gathering of conservatives: 1. Trump talks policy objectives. […]
