CANCELED: Jack Ciattarelli Will Not Visit Long Valley's Coffee Potter

LONG VALLEY, NJ — Republican gubernatorial candidate Jack Ciattarelli will no longer be visiting a Long Valley coffee shop.

Ciattarelli was initially supposed to visit Long Valley’s The Coffee Potter on Sept. 2 to meet potential constituents and discuss New Jersey’s issues with citizens.

According to representatives from The Coffee Potter, the business stop is canceled. The reason for the cancellation is not clear at this time.

Ciattarelli’s campaign has not announced when it will be returning to Morris County. The GOP nominee has been making business stops and appearances throughout the state, including several in Passaic County.

Ciattarelli’s last public appearance in Morris County was in Boonton in July, when he officially announced Morris County Sheriff Jim Gannon as his running mate.

Come November, Ciattarelli will face off against Democratic Governor Nominee Mikie Sherrill. The two are diametrically opposed on several issues facing the state, including housing affordability, women’s reproductive rights, and immigration.

Sherrill has ties to Morris County as well, representing several parts of the county as a congresswoman. The democrat recently tapped Centenary University President Dale Caldwell as her running mate.

Recent polling shows that Sherrill has a slight lead in the gubernatorial race, three months before Election Day. A Fairleigh Dickinson University poll gives Sherrill an eight-point lead over Ciattarelli among likely voters, 45 percent to 37 percent, with 16 percent still undecided.

Another poll from Rutgers University said that 51 percent of potential voters would vote for Sherrill if the election were being held now, while 31 percent say they would vote for Ciattarelli. Five percent said they’d vote for neither candidate, or someone else, with 13 percent being unsure.
The Rutgers poll added that Trump’s position in office is a “major factor” for more than half of the polled potential NJ voters.

Election Day is Nov. 4.