The Tinton Falls Democratic Club
NEWSLETTER
February 6, 2025
In this issue:
A friendly reminder...
Annual Dues
PLEEEEEEASE
Personally, I think we've been pretty great about NOT asking you for money, but once a year, we have to ask our members to contribute $25.00 per person to help fund the work we do. This money is critical to help us pay for things like this web site, our booth at community day, and all of those space lasers we supposedly have. Pretty please, if you have the means, send us your annual dues. Here's how you can get the money to us:
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Please - Send $25.00 per person
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Send electronically via Zelle:
Send to: info@tfdems.org
Or scan this QR code from inside Zelle:​
Send an old fashioned check:
Payable to:
The Democratic Club of Tinton Falls
PO Box 91
Oakhurst NJ 07755
Or, if you must use cash, come pay at a meeting
Cash is our second least favorite option.
Not giving us any money is our least favorite option.
New Jersey Governor's Race Update
The 2025 race for New Jersey's Governor is already in full swing. Although the primary isn't until June 10, the county conventions are happening very soon. Since our last newsletter, there have been forums and a televised debate with all six Democratic candidates. There was also an 'interesting' debate among the four Republican candidates as well. The next section will have updated info, but first, we'll remind you of the six Democratic candidates:
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Ras Baraka (54) - Current Mayor of Newark
https://www.rasforgovernor.com/
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Steve Fulop (47) - Current Mayor of Jersey City
https://stevenfulop.com/
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Josh Gottheimer (49) - US Congressional Representative
https://josh4jersey.com/
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Mikie Sherrill (52) - US Congressional Representative
https://www.mikiesherrill.com/
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Sean Spiller (49) - NJEA President and Mayor of Montclair
https://www.seanspiller.com/
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Steve Sweeny (65) - Former State Senate President
https://www.stevesweeneyforgovernor.com/
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Debate Replay and
Updated Candidate Events
Here is updated info about how you can learn about the candidates.​
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The Candidate Web Sites
In the article above where we list the candidates, we also list their official campaign website. This is always a good place to start.
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** NEW ** Democratic Candidate Debate Replay
Rider University hosted all six Democratic candidates for Governor in a debate on Feb 2. I watched the whole thing and it was a really good debate with lots of substance.
You can watch a replay of the debate at one of these links:
onnj.com web site - this seems short and might be edited
youtube.com replay - full debate with after debate commentary
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** NEW ** Republican Candidate Debate Replay
Who the heck cares about the Republican candidates? Well, it's good to know who you might be running against, but the real reason this is here is because their debate was crazy. What a contrast between their debate and ours.
You can watch a replay of their debate at one of these:
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** NEW ** Democratic Candidate Virtual Forum
Wednesday, Feb 12 at 7:00PM via Zoom
Monmouth University is hosting a Democratic Candidate Forum just for Monmouth County Democratic Convention delegates. It will only have the four candidates who are contesting at the convention, but it should be pretty good.
Registration is required - CLICK HERE TO REGISTER or scan below:​​​​​
American Jewish Committee Forums
The AJC is hosting individual candidate forums with all six candidates. This is a chance to hear just from the candidate as opposed to the debate. Here are the links we have so far. Click to register in advance.
February 10 at 7:00 p.m.
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February 11 at 7:00 p.m.
February 11 at 7:30 p.m.
February 20 at 7:00 p.m.
March 4 at 7:30 p.m.
Congressman Josh Gottheimer (Registration link TBA)
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Meet and Greets
Several of the candidates are appearing at meet and greet events. Here's what we have so far. Stay tuned.
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Sun, Feb 9 - 10:30 to 12:00
Meet Steve Fullop
Triumph Brewing Company in Red Bank
https://www.mobilize.us/fulopforgovernor/event/751743/
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Wed, Feb 19 - 6:30 to 8:30
** NEW and EXCITING ** Meet Ras Baraka
Community Refuge Church in Manalapan
The Steve Fulop forum here was fantastic, so this one is exciting.
Contact us if you want to carpool.
CLICK HERE TO REGISTER TO ATTEND
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Any Others?
If you know of any other events, drop us an email and we'll get the info out in the next newsletter.​
Andy Kim Statewide Town Hall
You'll notice that we're spending a lot of time looking forward at candidates, elections, and events yet to come, but it's hard to ignore the absolute dumpster fire that is going on in our federal government right now. I've got a pretty good imagination, but this is so far beyond my tiny brain's ability to conceive.
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So what are our elected officials doing to try and reduce the effects of our new tyrant leader? Well, let's find out from one of them.
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Newly elected Senator Andy Kim is hosting a state-wide virtual town hall on
Monday, Feb 10, 2025 from 6:30 to 7:30PM
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Here is the only link we have for this event so far.
https://www.kim.senate.gov/february-2025-town-hall/
Not clear if this is where they will stream from or if a new link will show up, so keep checking. Hopefully our representatives are starting to get their act together and are ready to push back.
Our Next Meeting
Just a reminder that our next meeting with fun, food, beverages, and of course, politics is on
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Tuesday, Feb 25 at 6:30PM
at our new meeting place:
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Maurizio's Restaurant and Pizzeria
613 Hope Rd, Eatontown, NJ 07724
https://www.mauriziosristorante.com/
We'll order off the menu and split the check appropriately.
Maurizio's is also a Bring you own Beer and Wine restaurant, so plan accordingly
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BRING FRIENDS!