New Jersey’s Big, Beautiful Gubernatorial Contest
By: Max Pizarro | Published: 2025-07-01 16:23:00 | Source: www.insidernj.com
The budget will uniquely impact the 2025 contest between Republican Jack Ciattarelli and Democrat Mikie Sherrill, as Ciattarelli will try to maintain focus on the state budget, almost in a vacuum, while Sherrill will contextualize New Jersey’s budget with the as-yet unratified federal budget, President Donald Trump’s so-called “big, beautiful bill.”
The most pragmatic, historically astute NJ Republicans did not want Trump winning the presidential contest last year, because they knew how his priorities at the federal level would force the Republican nominee to make uncomfortable adjustments. But Ciattarelli has the comfort zone of a dark and dingy Democratic budget process and is already rubbing his hands together for a crack at the plate.
In the arguably unenviable position of seeking…
