NJ-GOV: Morris County sheriff tapped as GOP lieutenant governor candidate

BOONTON — Republican gubernatorial candidate Jack Ciattarelli announced Morris County Sheriff Jim Gannon as his pick for lieutenant governor Wednesday at Johnnies Tavern in Gannon’s hometown.

Gannon, 64, who is serving his third term as sheriff, fired up supporters crowded inside Johnnies with attacks on Trenton’s Democratic leadership and a pledge to flip the governorship to GOP control after November’s general election. Ciattarelli will face Democratic Rep. Mikie Sherrill.

“New Jersey, under one-party Democratic rule in Trenton, is broken,” Gannon said. “Trenton Democrats are rewarding lawbreakers and coddling criminals, while making things harder for all the good people who work hard and play by the rules.”

Gannon asked the crowd if they are better off now than they were before Gov. Phil Murphy, a Democrat, was elected in 2017, and it responded that they are not. He said it is time for a change.


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