Campaigning in Middlesex, Ciattarelli says His Business-Owning Family has been here for 100 Years

WOODBRIDGE – Republican nominee for Governor Jack Ciattarelli campaigned here in Middlesex County at a coffee shop on an early August afternoon, trying to position himself as the pro-business candidate in his general election tilt with Democrat Mikie Sherrill.

While Sherrill has consistently tried to depict Ciattarelli as Donald Trump’s New Jersey vassel, Ciattarelli, for his part, makes his case that no daylight separates departing Democratic Governor Phil Murphy from Sherrill.

If voters pick his rival, Ciattarelli maintains, they would be handing a third term to Murphy.

“The fact of the matter is no administration has been as anti-business as Phil Murphy and Mikie Sherrill hasn’t shown any contradiction whatsoever with regard to those policies,” Ciattarelli told InsiderNJ as he made…