NJ-GOV 2025: Megathread

[LabourJersey]

Can Sherrill just announce already and put this thing to bed lol.

I actually don't think she's going to put this to bed. Fulop and Baraka has clear bases of support in North Jersey, and Sweeney has his in South Jersey.

Sherill would be a good candidate but she has work to do, especially in North and Central Jersey to build up support. This won't be like Spanberger's coronation.

[LabourJersey]

Can Sherrill just announce already and put this thing to bed lol.

I actually don't think she's going to put this to bed. Fulop and Baraka has clear bases of support in North Jersey, and Sweeney has his in South Jersey.

Sherill would be a good candidate but she has work to do, especially in North and Central Jersey to build up support. This won't be like Spanberger's coronation.

Do you think Baraka will get the Essex line or will Sherrill still have a chance? Sweeney has a definite path opening up, one that was much harder to imagine a few years ago.

I'm honestly not sure.

I think Baraka assumes that he will get the Essex line - he would have no hope of even coming close otherwise, in my opinion. But that doesn't mean that he will get it.

[LabourJersey]

I personally like Fulop, however, I struggle to see Fulop winning the primary. He's locally popular in Jersey City, but Jersey City is very different from the rest of NJ, and infact I think a lot of NJ frowns in Jersey City because of it increasingly becoming a bedroom community for NYC which ultimately drives up prices.

There also might be an assumption that "big city" = crime and poverty. I know how the upper-class New Jersey suburbanite thinks, despite Fulop doing a lot to reinvigorate Jersey City.

In my case, I think I'll end up voting either for him or Sherrill if she runs. We'll see.

Yeah that too, but in NJ I feel like Newark is most notorious for that so maybe that penalty won't be as bad for Fulop.

All the cities are poorly regarded fairly equally. Hell, the entire reason we have suburbs is due to attitudes like that.

I don't necessarily agree with that. Jersey City is a popular and trendy place now, especially for young people. My parents and their friends, who avoid Newark like the plague, are happy to meet up or spend time in the trendy parts of Jersey City.

I do think Fulop needs to really invest in his image and name recognition outside Northeast NJ if he wants to win the primary, though. Especially if Sherrill does run (who I think may be the frontrunner, but I wouldn't discount Sweeney swooping in)