An open call to New Jersey Republicans
Ten months ago the New Jersey Republican Party chose new leadership to rebuild after 2025. On November 3, 2026, we went backward. The party needs a chair who can recruit, raise and mobilize. That means a new chair.
Sign the petitionThe scoreboard
New Jersey's 12-member U.S. House delegation, before and after this election. Republicans lost the 2nd and the 7th. Only the 4th remains.
Tom Kean Jr.'s margin in NJ-7, 41% to 57%. He won it by about 5 points in 2024.
Cory Booker's margin over the Republican Senate nominee, 62% to 35%.
Jeff Van Drew's South Jersey seat, lost to the Democratic mayor of Cape May City. Party insiders called it a shock.
Republican seats left in New Jersey's House delegation in January.
The case
National headwinds were real. They do not explain a 21-point swing in a seat we held, a lost seat in South Jersey, or losses down the ballot. A state party exists to prepare for hard years.
Candidate quality this cycle was exceptionally poor. Recruitment is the chair's first job, and too many of our races were left to candidates who could not raise money, draw a crowd or give voters a reason to show up.
Uninspiring candidates produce uninspired voters. The results show it.
In 2026, the most important midterm for New Jersey Republicans in a decade, the party was fundraising to survive, not to thrive.
Our candidates were outspent everywhere, and we lost two of our three House seats.
Sources: ELEC filings via Jersey Vindicator; FEC.
The state party has been quiet. No visible statewide push, no ground game to match the other side's early and mail voting, no message that carried.
She promised a year-round organization. Voters barely knew the party was there.
In her own words
"It is a year-round organization, not just at campaign time. This is what I will bring to the table as state chair."On being elected chair · Washington Examiner
"Republicans are on offense."Insider NJ, in an interview saying Kean was on strong footing to hold NJ-7 and the party could target NJ-9
"You have the midterm backlash, which is normal, and then on top of that, you have a war, you have high gas prices."New Jersey Monitor, after the losses, adding it is too soon to chart the party's course
What we're asking
Take action
Your county's State Committee members vote for the state chair. Tell them where you stand.
Add your name to the call for new leadership. Include your town and county in the comment so we can show each county's State Committee members how many of their own Republicans signed.
Sign on Change.orgSend it to fellow Republicans, county committee members and local club leaders. The State Committee listens when county members speak together.