NJ-GOV: Top N.J. progressive groups haven't endorsed Sherrill, but they are sending money her way

[RandySF]

Despite not officially endorsing Rep. Mikie Sherrill’s (D-Montclair) campaign for governor, two of New Jersey’s top progressive groups are launching a $300k investment to bolster her campaign and attack Republican Jack Ciattarelli.

The New Jersey Working Families Party and Make the Road Action New Jersey, a progressive group supporting immigrants and working New Jerseyans, backed Newark Mayor Ras Baraka during the Democratic primary for governor, but have stopped short of endorsing the more moderate Sherrill. Some New Jersey progressives have expressed wariness of Sherrill, but Ciattarelli’s embrace of President Donald Trump and promises to undo progressive achievements have pushed the two groups to exert resources on keeping him out of the governor’s mansion.

The $300k investment, first shared with the New Jersey Globe, includes a radio ad buy, mail spending, and canvassing efforts focused on Black and Latino voters in Elizabeth, Perth Amboy, Passaic, Rahway, and Franklin Township.

The balancing act is a staunch contrast from 2021, when both groups endorsed Gov. Phil Murphy for re-election. He entered office on a progressive platform and delivered key victories, including a boost to the state’s minimum wage, a pathway for immigrants of any legal status to obtain a driver’s license, and an expansion of legal aid to Dreamers and undocumented immigrants.


https://newjerseyglobe.com/campaigns/top-n-j-progressive-groups-havent-endorsed-sherrill-but-they-are-sending-money-her-way/

[JI7]

1. But they supported Sanders

and they claim to be about supporting immigrants.

[leftstreet]

2. Ugh. "Working Families" how 1990s

That name is so irritating and eye rolling

So single people, widowed people need not apply. Or the unemployed, homemakers, seniors, the disabled, family care givers, the incarcerated...

[no_hypocrisy]

3. Memo to progressives:

You must want NJ to turn from blue to red.

You must want a MAGA/Trump surrogate to control the state.

You must want NJ to lose legal abortion, legal gay marriage, legal trans rights.

You must want a governor who is antithetical to progressive values.

You better send more than money. There's six more days before election day.

This is no time to be ambivalent.