It’s also worthwhile to look at the current GOP landscape.Ĭiattarelli easily won the June primary. For example, Hugin said there was no good reason to keep schools closed for in-person instruction for as long as they were. Hugin and other Republicans say Murphy’s “lockdown” was an overreach and proof of his desire for autocratic control. But this will continue to be a Republican talking point. The Murphy camp, obviously, would counter that the governor, who made millions on Wall Street, is a strange kind of socialist.
“The state’s values are not progressive, socialist,” Hugin said in a phone conversation today. One is because he is pushing the state too far left. More broadly, Hugin said Phil Murphy is vulnerable for two reasons.
BOB HUGIN PARTY REGISTRATION
Hugin knows the numbers, but he said they don’t tell the whole story.įor one thing, he said Republican registration has been slowly inching up in recent months. Sure, there are more than 2 million unaffiliated voters, some of whom can be won over. Just three years ago when Hugin unsuccessfully ran for the U.S. There are now almost 1.1 million more registered Democrats in the state than Republicans. Let’s start with arithmetic, an important part of politics to be sure. Now, he has the job after being blessed by the party’s gubernatorial candidate, Jack Ciattarelli.Ĭiattarelli called Hugin “the best possible leader for the NJGOP at this time.”īut accolades aside, Hugin faces some pretty tough challenges. Bob Hugin wanted to run New Jersey’s Republican Party last year, but he lost a close vote to Michael Lavery.
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