The Race Right NOW – Insider NJ

Editor’s Note: With Election Day just a bit more than three months away, here are some periodic mutterings about the race.

Jack Ciattarelli says he’s a complete Jersey guy – so much so that he talks about retiring not in some exotic locale, but on Long Beach Island. To be specific, Surf City.

This is more than mere verbiage.

Mikie Sherrill was born in Virginia and has never held local office – meaning council member, freeholder or the like.

Ciattarelli has, and he thinks this is an advantage. A recent social media post makes the point thusly:

“OUT OF TOUCH – Jon Corzine wasn’t from New Jersey. Phil Murphy wasn’t from New Jersey. And Mikie Sherrill isn’t from New Jersey. That’s why none of them seem to get it.”

The post is about housing, but Ciattarelli is talking about more than…