With so many North Jersey candidates (Fulop, Baraka, Sherrill and maybe Gottheimer), I wonder if Sweeney might have a wider path to the nomination than we think.
Imagine the map we'd get from a Sweeney vs. Bramnick race...
My opinion for a while has been that writing Sweeney off just because he lost to Durr is a bit silly. The South Jersey machine returned in full force in 2023 and he can only serve to benefit from the vote splitting up north. A Bramnick vs Sweeney race would definitely indeed feel like a return to the past, though I think it may be hard for him to win a Republican primary in the year 2025, and I'm not particularly convinced the county party system will work to his benefit.
