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Welcome to the Tudor Dixon Podcast. Today we have Jack Cittarelli with us. We are so excited about what is going on in New Jersey. If you don't know, he is the Republican nominee for governor. He is running against the Democratic nominee, Mikey Sherrill. She's had all kinds of, all kinds of scandals going on. And Jack, you've been out there to make sure everybody knows about it. Tell us what's going on in New Jersey.
Jack Ciattarelli
Tudor, thank you for the opportunity. It's great to be with you. We're working hard getting our message out all up and down the state. We're in an excellent position. I really do feel confident we're going to declare victory in 33 days. There are positive signs everywhere. We're out fundraising my opponent. And that's saying something considering that Republicans are the minority party in New Jersey. Over the last six weeks, a number of Democratic mayors across the state have endorsed my candidacy. That's also a very, very good sign. But also just compared to 21 when we almost won. I will just tell you, this time around, the energy is just electric. People across the state want change. Phil Murphy's policies have failed us for the past eight years. And I just keep reminding people, if you want change, you gotta make a change. Here's your opportunity.
Tudor Dixon
You're making me think back to the campaign trail. And for people who are listening, Jack is actually on the campaign trail right now. He's calling in just from like driving around, meeting people. This is how it goes. When you're in those last 33 days, you are all over the place. And I appreciate the fact that you came on the podcast to talk today because I think it's so important to get the message out that there is this energy. We are feeling the same thing in Michigan right now. I spent the last two weekends up in Northern Michigan and it was just amazing the amount of people that are excited. I feel like Michigan and New Jersey have been in a somewhat similar situation of high energy costs, some of these radical policies. And it seems similar that people are turning toward the Republicans and saying they're done. I mean, we saw that in 24. New Jersey started to look like there was a chance it would even go for Donald Trump. And that was something we were totally not expecting. What do you think about the impact of these common sense policies on the people of New Jersey?
Jack Ciattarelli
Well, Tudor, first Of all, you're spot on in the change in the mindset of voters. I mean, Trump performed 10 points better in New Jersey in 24 compared to 20 of the 50 states. It was the single greatest improvement. So no, he didn't win New Jersey, but the 10 point improvement says something. I think that the current policies from the far left and we've seen that time and time again here in New Jersey where the Democrats have controlled the legislature for 25 years, in the executive branch for the last eight years, people are just rejecting it outright. Electricity rates are going through the ceiling because Phil Murphy's green energy policies haven't worked and my opponent's doubling down on them. People are tired with the nonviolent crime all across the state, the break ins, the car thefts, the flash mobs on our Jersey shore and at the mall because of Cashless Bailey. We're getting rid of that when I'm governor. There's gotta be a consequence for breaking the law. We've seen public education slip significantly in New Jersey. We slipped from 2 to 12 on national report card because the Democrats have watered down the curriculum with a whole bunch of things that really belong at home at the kitchen table. We're gonna get back to basics and teaching critical life skills when I'm governor. And in our suburban communities we've got overdevelopment that's really got a lot of people furious about what impact that's having on property taxes and congestion and the like. Because of the social engineering, each and every one of our towns has to be available to affordable housing here in the state. The mandates don't work. In fact, we just had a press conference on that earlier today. So these are the issues and we continue to talk about them every day on the trail.
Tudor Dixon
I feel like you could be my east coast twin right now. I mean, honestly, I'm listening to this, I'm like, this is exactly Michigan in the high, the high utility costs, the high electricity costs I think is the biggest killer for people in our state. And I'm suspecting it's similar for your state, similar weather. Also just the fact that you've got these crushing green energy plans. We had it from Whitmer. She's been really pushing this whole, like, we're going to be 100% renewable energy by 2040, which is so stupid. I mean, so stupid, it's not even possible. And I suspect you're probably dealing with some of that same stuff in New Jersey.
Jack Ciattarelli
Ours was even worse. Our current governor wanted to make us totally carbon free by 2035. It wasn't realistic. He shut down six different electricity generation plants. So stupid, so stupid, so stupid. He put a moratorium on the burning of natural gas for electricity. Didn't expand our nuclear capabilities and, and didn't even accelerate solar on the rooftops. Of all the warehousing that's gone in which are really prime real estate. There's no NIMBY issues when it comes to solar rays on rooftops. And he stopped all that. And then he bet it all on wind, which was never going to meet our energy supply, our energy demands. When he took office, New Jersey was an electricity exporter. We now have to import it through his exchanges competing with other. And the bill is going through the roof and people are pissed and rightfully so.
Tudor Dixon
So this is what I think the people outside of states like ours because you've probably seen the same thing where all of this manufacturing is going to Tennessee and Kentucky and down south where they have abundant energy. Texas is really getting a lot of the businesses from Michigan. It's probably a similar situation to New Jersey. But that's what if you are, if you are not in New Jersey right now and you are listening to what Jack is saying, you have to understand that he does not win. You take the chance of these radical policies going outside of New Jersey someday because they believe this crap. They believe it because it's their fad. It's what they think is popular. They don't believe it's going to work. They obviously don't have a plan to actually get the energy there. But they believe in the idea of manipulating the minds of the people and they love to take it to Washington D.C. so you, we really need everybody to support these people that are running in these, these states where the opponent is so rad because you don't want it to come back to you one day in Washington D.C. but we, Jack, we're talking about people's homes. But when you look at this from a manufacturing standpoint, how much is this killing businesses in New Jersey?
Jack Ciattarelli
We are getting our butt kicked by Pennsylvania Tudor. Now they've got a Democratic governor, he's burning seven coal burning plants. He's burning natural gas like there's no tomorrow. Just cut the ribbon on a new nuclear reactor. He's got the juice, it's abundant, it's reliable, it's cost effective. And he's getting manufacturing that we're not. He's getting the data centers that we're not. But to the point you were making a few moments ago, our most recent TV ad has an actual clip from an interview that my opponent was giving. It's her in the commercial saying this. When it comes to green energy, we know it's going to cost you an arm and a leg, but if you're a good person, you'll do it.
Tudor Dixon
See, that's, it's a fad. There's not actually, there's no reason for it. It's not actually effective. It's not going to work. They just think it feels good. So they. It. And then they put these policies in that actually try to, to make it happen, which it, it can't happen. It's not possible. All of us listening know this is not possible, but there's too many people, all of these young minds that have been manipulated by these people that. Exactly that. Because it's, it's meaningful. If you are told, if you don't go along with me, you're not a good person. They know that that actually has legs with, with young, young minds who want to be seen as good people. But that's manipulative. It's terrible. That's why we have to fight against that. I mean, the same thing with crime. I know you've seen it there. We see it in Detroit and Flint and Muskegon Heights. We see it all over the state of Michigan. This idea of you're a nice person if you let people out and you don't put them into jail, even though they've committed hideous crimes.
Jack Ciattarelli
And you're right about it being manipulative, it's also, oh, so insulting. Because what they're saying is if you don't agree with us on our green energy policies, you're not only wrong, you're bad.
Tudor Dixon
Yes.
Jack Ciattarelli
I mean, listen closely to her words. If you're a good person, you'll do it. So in other words, if I disagree with wind farms off our Jersey Shore, which is Sanro San in New Jersey, we love our Jersey Shore. If my opponent was from New Jersey, she'd know that nobody along the Jersey Shore wants those wind farms. Not to mention the fact that it would ruin our commercial and recreational fishing industries, which are a huge component of our state economy.
Tudor Dixon
So we've actually had a lot of people on from the fishing groups out there that have said this has been so damaging to the fishing industry. I think that's something that doesn't get enough attention. I'm hoping that the Trump administration is going to put more attention on what that's done. He's talked a lot about, you know, birds and farming and taking, and it Taking out bats that take out all of these other insects that, that can affect your farm. But what it's doing to the fishing industry and to the whales, I know people are like, oh, this is not happening. No, it actually is. And when you, when you interview these people from these industries that say, you know, if you're not, if you're like, again, using common sense and thinking about this, you have these massive wires underneath the ocean floor that are just generating because these, these power plants essentially are creating a ton of energy. It's shaking the whole ocean floor. There's a constant humming. It's causing these fish to not be able to use their radar and they're just dying.
Jack Ciattarelli
And Tudor, interesting. I mean, President Trump's put a temporary halt on the wind farms off the Jersey Shore. I'll make, make that permanent. But it was just, you know, amazing to watch the liberals who are for whales, but they're also for wind. And when all the sonar mapping was taking place off the Jersey Shore, before Trump stopped it, we had whales washing up on our beaches. Stop washing up on our beaches. Wind turbines in 100ft of water with cement pilings 30ft into the ocean floor doesn't disturb the ocean ecology. Come on. And so, but, but here we are today. The good news is the President put a temporary halt on it. So we're going to pull New Jersey out of the regional Greenhouse gas initiative, which is a carbon tax policy. Our air is no cleaner. Electricity is no less expensive. In fact, it's at an all time high. And I could save ratepayers a half a billion dollars a year. That's homeowners, tenants and businesses by pulling out a. Reggie, it's a carbon tax policy that has failed us. So that's one of my first executive orders.
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There's just so much momentum right now for Republicans. And I know historically we've always looked at Jersey as a blue state and Michigan seems like it's going blue. But like you said at the beginning, you've seen so much energy. How much of that energy are you seeing from younger people? When we were up north in Michigan this past weekend, we were with the Turning Point group there. They had just received so many new members and all these young kids were like, you know what? I'm gonna voice my conservative values. I'm not gonna be shy, I'm gonna go out and vote. And I really don't like what I saw with Charlie Kirk. How much momentum do you think it's is coming from this younger generation that says, man, this is getting really sick and twisted and we're done with these radical liberals.
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We're seeing participation from young people on the Republican side like we haven't seen in a Great number of years. And so that's really, really encouraging. But I got to tell you, the most encouraging sign, Tudor, compared to 2021, when I lost in a very, very close race, is Today, compared to 2021, there are 100,000 fewer registered Democrats and 200,000 more registered Republicans. That says that we're right about the issues we're talking about today.
Tudor Dixon
That's what I think is so impressive right now. And that's what we're seeing in Michigan. We've been talking to a lot of our sportsmen. You know, if you're out, if you're a hunter, then your life is being affected by these Democrat governors that get to, they, they get to appoint these directors of agencies, whether it's the, the dnr, the Natural Resources Agency, they're affecting your life. And I think for the first time, these folks are starting to see, hey, my voice is not being heard because these govern, taking away my very rights, the very right I have to go out and hunt and fish. And it seems like we're getting some of those people. Do you feel that on the ground in New Jersey as well?
Jack Ciattarelli
Absolutely, Tudor. And I'll tell you, there's over 200,000 New Jerseyans that belong to the New Jersey Outdoor alliance, who represents the interests of all our, the people who fish, the people who hunt and the like. And they've endorsed me for governor. So I'm really, really pleased with the fact that they're getting actively engaged, made their endorsement, and they're out there knocking on doors, all because of the failed Democratic policies and very liberal policies. I mean, one example of that is the bear hunt up in northwest New Jersey, which is the most rural part of the state. It's the most humane way to thin the herd. It's been a tradition for decades, family after family, generation after generation up in northwest New Jersey. And the Democrats tried to end the bear hunt. We're gonna have a bear hunt in New Jersey when I'm governor. But it's great to have the involvement of the New Jersey Outdoor alliance and their 200,000 plus members.
Tudor Dixon
So I, for people listening that are on the fence of whether or not you should have a bear hunt, you don't. You probably don't live in an area where there are a lot of bears. But we were in the UP and that's the Upper Peninsula of Michigan over the weekend, and they were telling us there we've got to increase the number of bear tags that we have in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan because the bears are becoming. There's so many bears now, they're eating all the deer. They said we can't even, we can't even find any. There are no, no young deer left anymore. They're taking all the fawns. They're just ripping them apart. And you think this is something you can't imagine if you don't live in those areas. But these policies are very important. When you hear about a bear hunt, if you are on the fence about that, you don't understand what other people are living.
Jack Ciattarelli
That's exactly right. And what always bugs me is that the bills that are put in to end the bear hunt come from urban legislators who have no regard for legislators who live in the rural parts of the state. And so the science is clear, the most humane way to thin the herd is with the annual bear hunt, which again is a long held tradition here in New Jersey for generation after generation in the most rural parts of our state.
Tudor Dixon
And I mean, we have this similar situation with wolves and it's just been the radical liberals. They don't even live there. They have no idea what they're talking about. You make such a great point. It's always the people that live in the urban area that will never see a bear in their life that go, oh my gosh, how could you hurt the sweet little pooh bears? How could you do that? They have no idea.
Jack Ciattarelli
Yep, they have no idea. It really is very disrespectful. But it's also not just being out of touch, it's arrogant.
Tudor Dixon
Yes.
Jack Ciattarelli
I mean, who are you from the urban parts of the state to be telling us in the rural parts of the state how to go about our way of life here? So again, let's follow the real science, not the political science. The real science is clear. It's the most humane way to thin the herd.
Tudor Dixon
Well, so polling science shows me that you are now tied neck and neck with your opponent. So what do you think that this means in the next 30 days? What do you have to do to make sure that that tie goes to a win for you?
Jack Ciattarelli
First of all, what's really encouraging about that tutor is historically speaking here in New Jersey, Republicans under poll because we are the minority party. So for the polls to shown it's a dead heat or us with a one point lead is really, really encouraging. But listen, we've got to finish strong and we will. We're out working out, energizing my opponent in every way. She's ducking appearances left and right. Her first couple of interviews have been terrible. Her debate performance Two weeks ago showed without a doubt that she's not qualified to run. The state, doesn't understand the state. And so we just got to continue to go out there and grind it each and every day, and that's what we'll continue to do. In any given day, I've got eight to nine appearances. We touch at least four counties every single day, and we don't take the voters for granted. My opponent's not getting out there, and it's ticking off a lot of people.
Tudor Dixon
Well, maybe she's not getting out there because she's had a little bit of scandal in the. In recent days. Her military record got released. For some reason, she was discharged. But we don't know exactly what the story is there, and she's not reacting well to that. Tell us a little bit about that.
Jack Ciattarelli
First of all, she's built her entire political brand upon her time at the Naval Academy and her time in the service. And we salute her service. My son's an army captain. We salute his service. My brother was a sergeant in the Army. We salute every veteran's service. But here's the deal. When she was at the Naval Academy, there was a cheating scandal. It was 1994. We know for a fact that she was involved. We know for a fact that her punishment was not being allowed to participate in the graduation ceremonies, nor having her name listed in the commencement exercise program. Those are the facts. She's saying it's because she refused to turn in her classmates. I think she's lying. I think she either lied to investigators, or she might have been someone who was caught cheating. And her story has changed since the story broke. First it was that she didn't turn in her classmates. That's why she was punished. Then it was, yes, I know that there was a test out there circulating prior to the actual test being taken. So all we're asking Tudor, is something really simple. She, and only she, can give the approval to release her disciplinary records at the Naval Academy. Those disciplinary records will show us why she was punished. I think the people in New Jersey deserve to know why. Why she was punished. And if what she is saying is true, why not release the records?
Tudor Dixon
Right?
Jack Ciattarelli
Yeah.
Tudor Dixon
If she. If you got no problem. What's. Why are you hiding it? That's. That's always the funny part about these Democrats. I just have a couple more minutes with you. You. You mentioned something earlier, and I want you to get into it because we have people in Michigan now. I hear Republicans starting to use the phrase affordable housing. And even over the weekend People were like, oh, we got to get this affordable housing. I said, you guys, you gotta understand, affordable housing doesn't mean houses that people can afford. It means government owned housing. Can you get into that a little bit?
Jack Ciattarelli
Well, listen, we do have a housing crisis in New Jersey in terms of real estate being out of the reach of a great many people. Our seniors, our disabled people, our veterans, and our young people. But that doesn't mean we should be building high density housing in suburban communities where there's no infrastructure, no mass transit, no sewer capacity, stormwater management issues, and no jobs. All we're doing is putting more island cars on the road. And you know, Tudor, I find this to be one of the biggest hypocrisies of the Democratic Party who like to portray themselves as being pro environment. What the hell is pro environment about overdeveloping suburban communities where there's no mass transit, no infrastructure. All the things I was talking about before, we call that social engineering. So I want to use affordable housing as a means by which to get people to live in our urban centers again and hopefully find homes for our disabled people. We got homeless vets, we've got veterans. As I said, we've got seniors and young people. But the way we're doing it in New Jersey is nothing other than social engineering, and it's bad public policy. The Democrats are taking garden right out of the Garden State here, and we're going to stop that when I'm governor.
Tudor Dixon
Yeah, it really is taking away the opportunity for people in those communities to have their own home with that white picket fence in the yard that people dream of. Of. And the reason that people move out to those areas. I think you make a great point. There are urban areas where people can do the whole 15 minute city if they want to. We don't want the suburban areas to be forced into the 15 minute city because they're not set up that way. For these groups, these radical leftists that say we want to have all of these electric vehicles, then you build these high rises with no place that you could even plug in a vehicle, they don't. Nothing they do makes sense.
Jack Ciattarelli
It doesn't make any sense at all. It only puts more idling cars on already congested roads. It drives up property taxes, and it's totally inconsistent with the Democratic vision for sustainability. It's the biggest hypocrisy. It is along with what they do in public education. And I'm hoping next time around we could talk about that too.
Tudor Dixon
Yeah, right. We need to get into that. So. Okay, before you go tell everybody where they can support you. What's your website? How can they find you?
Jack Ciattarelli
Jack4nj.com and that's the number four tutor, jack4nj.com that's also our handle on all the social media platforms. And, you know, people can learn about my travels and look to get engaged with the campaign in any way they might like.
Tudor Dixon
Well, I appreciate how active you are. You're out there working hard. Jack Chitterelli. It's it probably a good thing that your last name is not in the website because it's a hard one to spell.
Jack Ciattarelli
Well, I got to tell you though, you have my compliments. You nailed it.
Tudor Dixon
It. Thank you. Good.
Jack Ciattarelli
I don't know how much you practiced, but you nailed it.
Tudor Dixon
Well, I appreciate that. Thank you so much. And thank you for being on today and thank you for fighting hard for American values.
Jack Ciattarelli
Tudor. I'm looking forward next time.
Tudor Dixon
Absolutely. And thank you all for joining us on the Tudor Dixon podcast. Make sure you check it out at the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts and join us next time. Have a blessed day.
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It was really cool. He really just like randomly showed up to my house. I'm like, oh, hey, Diplo, what are you doing? He's like, I have a song that I want to show you. And I was like, okay, you can.
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Podcast: The Clay Travis and Buck Sexton Show / The Tudor Dixon Podcast
Host: Tudor Dixon
Guest: Jack Ciattarelli, Republican nominee for Governor of New Jersey
Release Date: October 3, 2025
This episode features Tudor Dixon interviewing Jack Ciattarelli, the Republican nominee for the New Jersey gubernatorial race. The conversation delves into the key issues shaping the Garden State's political future, including skyrocketing energy costs, rising crime rates, overdevelopment, public education, and the momentum of the GOP comeback in a historically blue state. The discussion is factual, urgent, and infused with campaign trail energy as Ciattarelli outlines his policy contrasts with Democratic opponent Mikie Sherrill.
Quote:
“We’re in an excellent position. I really do feel confident we’re going to declare victory in 33 days. ... Over the last six weeks, a number of Democratic mayors across the state have endorsed my candidacy.”
— Jack Ciattarelli [03:05]
Key Point:
Quote:
“Our current governor wanted to make us totally carbon free by 2035. It wasn’t realistic. He shut down six different electricity generation plants. ... So stupid, so stupid, so stupid.”
— Jack Ciattarelli [07:00]
Quote:
“We are getting our butt kicked by Pennsylvania. ... He’s got the juice, it’s abundant, it’s reliable, it’s cost effective. And he’s getting manufacturing that we’re not.”
— Jack Ciattarelli [09:02]
Quote:
“When it comes to green energy, we know it’s going to cost you an arm and a leg, but if you’re a good person, you’ll do it.”
— Ciattarelli quoting his opponent, Mikie Sherrill [09:02]
“...what they’re saying is if you don’t agree with us on our green energy policies, you’re not only wrong, you’re bad.”
— Jack Ciattarelli [10:38]
Quote:
“People are tired with the nonviolent crime all across the state, the break-ins, the car thefts ... the flash mobs on our Jersey shore and at the mall because of cashless bail. We’re getting rid of that when I’m governor.”
— Jack Ciattarelli [04:49]
Quote:
“We slipped from 2 to 12 on national report card because the Democrats have watered down the curriculum with a whole bunch of things that really belong at home at the kitchen table.”
— Jack Ciattarelli [04:49]
Quote:
“What the hell is pro environment about overdeveloping suburban communities where there’s no mass transit, no infrastructure? ... We call that social engineering.”
— Jack Ciattarelli [26:13]
Quote:
“The science is clear, the most humane way to thin the [bear] herd is with the annual bear hunt, which again is a long-held tradition here in New Jersey...”
— Jack Ciattarelli [21:54]
Quote:
“There are 100,000 fewer registered Democrats and 200,000 more registered Republicans. That says that we’re right about the issues we’re talking about today.”
— Jack Ciattarelli [19:08]
Summary Tone:
The conversation is determined, pragmatic, and lively—Ciattarelli leads with urgency, Dixon echoes his frustrations, and together they paint a picture of blue-state dissatisfaction driving GOP resurgence. The messaging is clear: New Jersey is a battleground, and the issues raised in this campaign have broader implications for the direction of both state and national politics.