Jack Ciattarelli Visits Belleville Businesses As He Hits Campaign Trail

BELLEVILLE, NJ — The Republican nominee for New Jersey governor recently paid a campaign visit to Belleville – making stops at several local businesses along the way.

Republican voters in New Jersey overwhelmingly backed Jack Ciattarelli for another run at governor in last week’s primary election.

With 96 percent of ballots counted, Ciattarelli had racked up 308,505 votes across New Jersey (about 67.8%) – more than triple that of Bill Spadea (99,456), according to the Associated Press. Other Republican governor candidates’ totals included: Jon Bramnick (28,121), Mario Kranjac (12,396) and Justin Barbera (6,471).

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Ciattarelli made several stops in Essex County while he was on the campaign trail earlier this year, including visits to Belleville, Fairfield, Orange, Newark and West Orange.

Last Thursday, the former state assemblyman was back in Belleville for a trip around town with Mayor Michael Melham, an independent who has been mentioned in talks about who might make the final list for Ciattarelli’s lieutenant governor running mate.

Melham provided a recap of the visit in a social media post:

“We started the afternoon in my office for a great conversation about how Jack plans to fix New Jersey. He also used my private studio to record a few interviews. From there, we barnstormed through Belleville — with a quick stop for a ‘slice’ at Algeries Pizzeria, joined by Councilwoman DePeña and Master Allen. Jack even got his first Dominican slang lesson! Qué lo qué! Next, we visited Good Health Pharmacy to ‘kiss Billy’s ring’ — and of course, we had to grab a photo with the most popular person in Belleville: Gina! (Gina, my mother is going to be so jealous you got a pic with Jack.) We wrapped up with a stop at the Brunch Box and a quick visit across the street to see Frank at Michael’s Roscommon House.”

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