Tom Martello

4 days 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 week 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?

2 weeks 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.

3 weeks 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. The year was 1981. IBM introduced us to the personal computer. Indiana Jones donned his fedora for the first time.

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. If all goes the way things have played out over the past half century in New Jersey, Republican Jack Ciattarelli is your next governor.