Tom Martello

2 weeks ago | nj.com | Tom Martello

Tom Martello writes a regular column about the 2025 race for New Jersey governor. With the big primary for governor less than three weeks away, New Jersey is suddenly at the center of America’s political universe in ways that can tick off voters who already proclaim crankiness as part of their Garden State DNA. Consider what’s happened since we last touched base just a week ago: Did you watch the “Saturday Night Live” finale?

3 weeks ago | nj.com | Tom Martello

Tom Martello writes a regular column about the 2025 race for New Jersey governor. So the good people at NJ PBS decided to put the Republican and Democratic candidates for governor in comfy chairs in their Newark studio, hoping that creating conversational groupings would bring some sanity and civility to debates that often turn into free-for-alls. Nice try.

4 weeks ago | nj.com | Tom Martello |Brent Johnson

Brent Johnson writes the subscriber-only newsletter What Makes Jersey Run. Tom Martello writes a regular column about the 2025 race for New Jersey governor. They combined forces in the aftermath of Ras Baraka‘s arrest by ICE agents Friday in Newark. And just like that, Newark Mayor Ras Baraka is the most talked-about politician in New Jersey. His dramatic arrest by ICE agents outside a detention center Friday quickly made national and international headlines.

1 month ago | nj.com | Tom Martello

Tom Martello’s column on the state of the New Jersey governor’s race appears weekly on NJ.com and in the online newspaper. To read previous columns, click here. Ever watch those nature shows where the dry season is at its height on the plains of Africa and those big dusty animals are munching on nubs of grass waiting for the rains to finally arrive?

1 month ago | nj.com | Tom Martello

Tom Martello’s column on the state of the New Jersey governor’s race appears weekly on NJ.com and in the online newspaper. To read previous columns, click here. He’s the only candidate for governor who moonlights as a standup comic, playing gigs at venues as large as NJPAC. He proudly claims the title as New Jersey’s funniest lawyer. So he might forgive me for introducing him with a little shtick: Three Republicans walk into a bar.