{"id":2530472,"date":"2026-01-06T11:04:02","date_gmt":"2026-01-06T16:04:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/new-jersey-gop-elects-new-chairwoman-following-2025-losses\/"},"modified":"2026-01-06T11:05:15","modified_gmt":"2026-01-06T16:05:15","slug":"new-jersey-gop-elects-new-chairwoman-following-2025-losses","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/new-jersey-gop-elects-new-chairwoman-following-2025-losses\/","title":{"rendered":"New Jersey GOP elects new chairwoman following 2025 losses"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fnew-jersey-gop-elects-new-chairwoman-following-2025-losses%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2530472&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Christine Hanlon, Monmouth County clerk and longtime lawyer, was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/lobbyist-for-stacey-abrams-fair-fight-action-named-fulton-county-elections-board-chair\/\" title=\"Lobbyist For Stacey Abrams\u2019 Fair Fight Action Named Fulton County ...s Board Chair\">elected chairwoman<\/a> of the New Jersey GOP after the party&#8217;s disappointing 2025 showing and the departures of key leaders. She won the leadership vote 26-15 over Rosemary Becchi; Steve Lonegan and Michael Currie received few votes. monmouth County, a traditional GOP stronghold, remains vital but showed reduced Republican support in 2025, with the party drawing about 54% there-the weakest as 2005. <\/p>\n<p>Hanlon, newly reelected to a third five-year term as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wait-until-you-see-whats-coming-president-trump-fires-warning-shot-on-fraudulent-computer-voting-systems\/\" title=\"&quot;Wait Until You See What&#039;s Coming!&quot; - President Trump Fires Warning Shot on Fraudulent Computer Voting Systems\">county clerk<\/a> in 2025, must rebuild after Jack Ciattarelli&#8217;s double-digit loss to Gov.-elect Mikie Sherrill. Her immediate focus is the 2026 midterms, defending competitive seats such as Rep. Thomas Kean Jr.&#8217;s toss-up district and targeting seats like Sherrill&#8217;s former 11th Congressional District. Rebuilding will be challenging in a state with a large Democratic registration advantage and recent strong Democratic turnout, but Hanlon says she will prioritize making the party a &#8220;year-round organization, not just at campaign time.&#8221;  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">New Jersey GOP elects new chairwoman as the party tries to rebuild after 2025 losses<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2464209\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/new-jersey\/\">New Jersey <\/a>Republicans have a new leader after failing in their bid for the governor&rsquo;s mansion and losing ground in the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/state-legislatures\/\">state legislature<\/a> last year.<\/p>\n<p>The state party elected Monmouth County Clerk Christine Hanlon&nbsp;as its next chairwoman on Monday, following the exits of former state party chairman Glenn Paulsen, the party&rsquo;s vice chair, and its executive director.<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/4407976\/california-rep-doug-lamalfa-dies-at-65\/\">California Rep. Doug LaMalfa dies at 65<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/4407942\/joe-concha-venezuela-critics-living-festivus-every-day\/\">Joe Concha says Venezuela critics are living &lsquo;Festivus every day&rsquo;<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/4407919\/machado-trump-flattery-overlooked-take-over-after-maduro-capture\/\">Machado peppers Trump with flattery after being overlooked to take over after Maduro capture<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>Hanlon beat out former congressional candidate Rosemary Becchi, former Bogota Mayor and conservative activist Steve Lonegan, and activist Michael Currie. Only Hanlon and Becchi received more than one vote. Hanlon beat Becchi by a tally of 26 to 15 votes.<\/p>\n<p>Monmouth County is one of the state&rsquo;s largest GOP bastions. The county drew the second-most Republican votes of any in the state in 2025, and is a key area for NJGOP. But 2025 saw Republicans draw around 54% of the vote there, the smallest percentage since 2005. The last successful GOP gubernatorial winner in the state, former Gov. <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/chris-christie\/\">Chris Christie<\/a>, drew around 70% of the vote there.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.monmouthcountyclerk.gov\/press-releases\/monmouth-county-clerk-christine-giordano-hanlon-wins-re-election-in-the-2025-general-election\/\">Voters recently elected<\/a> Hanlon to her third consecutive five-year term in 2025. <\/p>\n<p>The former longtime lawyer will be tasked with overcoming Jack Ciattarelli&rsquo;s double-digit loss to Gov.-elect <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/mikie-sherrill\/\">Mikie Sherrill <\/a>(D-NJ) last year, which came despite optimism the party could build on the Republican&rsquo;s close loss to former Gov. Phil Murphy in 2022.<\/p>\n<p>Her efforts will start with the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/2026-elections\/\">2026 midterm elections<\/a>. New Jersey has at least two competitive House seats, <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cookpolitical.com\/ratings\/house-race-ratings\">according to the<\/a> <em>Cook Political Report<\/em>. The main focus will be on retaining Rep. Thomas Kean Jr.&rsquo;s (R-NJ) toss-up congressional seat, while also darting their eyes over to Rep. Nellie Pou&rsquo;s (D-NJ) congressional spot.<\/p>\n<p>NJGOP will also want to capture Sherrill&rsquo;s former <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/section\/news\/house\/\">House<\/a> seat in New Jersey&rsquo;s 11th Congressional District. The seat had been in the GOP&rsquo;s hands for decades under former Rep. Rodney Frelinghuysen before he retired in 2018. Sherrill then captured his seat and won reelection three times in a row.<\/p>\n<p>The rebuilding process will likely be challenging for Hanlon. New Jersey is already a blue state with a tremendous Democratic voter registration advantage of hundreds of thousands. While Ciattarelli received around 150,000 more votes in 2022, Sherrill clearly motivated the Democratic base.<\/p>\n<p>The future governor drew nearly half a million more votes than Murphy drew in 2022, decisively silencing Republican competition until 2029. State Republicans and Hanlon will serve as a counterpoint to Sherrill in the coming years and hope to build back up to a respectable challenge when Sherrill&rsquo;s up for election.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/state\/3877082\/new-jersey-election-turnout-anti-trump-motivation\/\">NEW JERSEY ELECTION POST-MORTEM: WHAT CAUSED CIATTARELLI AND OTHER GOP LOSSES?<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>After the state GOP chose her as chairwoman, Hanlon suggested the <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >state party needed<\/a> to be more invested at all times, and not just during campaign season.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;It is a year-round organization, not just at campaign time,&rdquo; she said of the Monmouth GOP. &ldquo;This is what I will bring to the table as state chair.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NJ GOP elects Christine Hanlon amid rebuilding<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2530473,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/jack-C.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[44459,50621,6203,33096,45393],"class_list":["post-2530472","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner","tag-2025-elections","tag-chairwoman-2","tag-gop","tag-new-jersey","tag-party-leadership"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/jack-C.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2530472","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2530472"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2530472\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2530476,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2530472\/revisions\/2530476"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2530473"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2530472"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2530472"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2530472"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}