
Tom Martello
Statehouse Managing Producer at The Star-Ledger
Statehouse Managing Producer/N.J. Advance Media, serving http://t.co/Skmad1y0Sc and The Star-Ledger
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3 weeks ago |
nj.com | Tom Martello
Tom Martello writes a regular column about the 2025 race for New Jersey governor. So here we are at the end of this long, raucous, outrageously expensive, one-of-a-kind Jersey brawl that is the Democratic primary for governor. And, absurdly, the prolonged primary ends almost exactly where it began: With six candidates, including uncertain frontrunner Mikie Sherill, who believe they have the secret sauce to keep their campaign cooking till November. Few insiders are making bold predictions.
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4 weeks ago |
nj.com | Tom Martello
Tom Martello writes a regular column about the 2025 race for New Jersey governor. In normal times, I would be telling you that the campaigns for New Jersey governor have entered their final phase, which means energizing their people, hitting the streets and frantically pushing to get out the vote. I’d say it’s too late for big surprises or negative ads to have any impact because by this time most voters have made up their minds.
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1 month 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?
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1 month 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.
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1 month 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.
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