NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ \u2014 Jack Ciattarelli had every advantage the establishment could offer in 2021: all 21 county lines, a cleared field, millions in establishment money, and the full force of party leadership behind him. Even with all that, Jack struggled to consolidate the Republican base. He finished the primary, barely breaking 48% in the June 2021 primary, which resulted in a meager 38% total Republican low-turnout election in November\u2019s general election.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Fast forward to 2025, and the numbers are even worse for him. Recent independent polling shows Jack hovering in the low-30s, barely leading outsider Bill Spadea by single digits, despite Spadea being massively outspent and fighting against the same entrenched political machines. Spadea, without a single county line, is already polling higher than either Hirsh Singh or Phil Rizzo ever did in 2021 \u2014 a clear sign that the energy in the Republican Party has shifted toward the grassroots.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The registration numbers also tell a very compelling story. Since 2021, New Jersey Republicans have seen a surge in voter registration by over 100,000, shrinking the gap between Democrats and Republicans to the narrowest margin in modern history. Thousands of new Republican voters \u2014 many motivated by issues like parental rights, public safety, economic freedom, and government overreach \u2014 are bringing a new intensity and passion to the party.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
And the grassroots movement isn\u2019t just loud \u2014 it\u2019s growing. These voters aren\u2019t establishment loyalists or backroom political insiders. They are passionate, issue-driven conservatives tired of being ignored by political elites who treat them like an afterthought.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The cold, hard reality is this: Jack Ciattarelli has objectively lost ground with the Republican base. His numbers are down. The enthusiasm is gone. The establishment machine can\u2019t manufacture energy that it no longer has.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
If current trends continue, the grassroots will not only deliver a stronger primary turnout, but they will also create the kind of momentum Republicans need to actually win statewide in November.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The lesson is clear: the most motivated voters aren\u2019t sitting quietly in the \u201cmushy middle.\u201d They are the ones who care deeply about the issues, who show up, and who demand real leadership, not another slick, polished career politician. Jack cannot motivate voters on issues like affordability, 2A, or parental rights. His voting record betrays his recent rhetoric. His recent pivot toward Trump is a very obvious deception. No one who invests in the CCP farmland takeover is America First. The democrats will expose his hypocrisy. From his marital unfaithfulness to his hot-headed tirades, if Jack becomes the nominee, the people of NJ will regret it. If grassroots turn out to vote, then 2025 will go down as the year that the NJGOP was revolutionized to lead the way in the America First Movement. If not, then things will follow the direction of Jack\u2019s declining poll numbers and sink into obscurity. \u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ \u2014 Jack Ciattarelli had every advantage the establishment could offer in 2021: all 21 county lines, a cleared field, millions in establishment money, and the full force of party leadership behind him. Even with all that, Jack struggled to consolidate the Republican base. He finished the primary, barely breaking 48% in the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":241750,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"off","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[11,27],"tags":[18,21,19,17,16],"class_list":["post-241747","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local-news","category-opinion","tag-2025-nj-primary","tag-bill-spadea","tag-jack-ciattarelli","tag-new-jersey","tag-nj"],"yoast_head":"\n