| Written and distributed since 2003 by Donald Katz, Esq., Republican State Committeeman for Middlesex County and Counsel, Middlesex County Republican Organization MIDDLESEX COUNTY REPUBLICANS ARE ON COLUMN A At the drawing held on Monday, August 10th by the Middlesex County Clerk, it was determined that the Republicans would be on Column A of the ballot in the November 3rd election. Remember, vote Column A all the way! POLITICAL TRIVIA: Here are some political trivia questions. I hope you enjoy them. The answers are below, immediately above the calendar: 1. President Andrew Joihnson was born in what state capital? 2. Who was the first US President who was divorced? 3. In 1796, who became the first major candidate to lose a presidential race? 4. According to the 20th Amendment to the Constitution, presidential terms start on what date? (For extra credit, what was the presidential inaugural date before the change?) 5. Who was the first presidential child to also become a US President? 6. Name the 5 US Presidents who never fathered children. 7. What is the most common first name among US Presidents? GOOD AND WELFARE… * Congratulations to Sylvia Engel, who was the Dean, (longest serving) of the Middlesex County GOP Municipal Chairs and who stepped down from that position at the recent Edison GOP reorganization meeting. Sylvia continues to serve as the MCRO First Vice Chair and as Chairman of the Middlesex County Board of Elections. * Condolences to Lisa Byrne and her family on the death of her mother, Debbie Lipurna. Lisa is a South River Republican Committeewoman and a former elected member of the South River Board of Education. LOOKING FOR ATTORNEYS TO VOLUNTEER ON ELECTION DAY We would like to place attorneys at various critical locations on Election Day, so that there will be someone available at the other end of the phone line at all times to answer your Election Day questions, at the courthouse to represent the Republican Party in Election Day matters, monitor polling locations in potentially problem areas, etc. Although election law experience is a plus, it is not necessary – we will train them, either by their attendance at a challenger training session which will be held prior to the November election, or otherwise. If you know any attorneys who would be willing to volunteer, please have them personally contact Vince Le Blon, via e-mail at vinczl@aol.com or 732-343-0277 or lead attorney for Election Day, who will run the attorney operation this election, while I am handling my duties at the Board of Elections. (Of course, prior to Election Day, you can always contact me directly if you have an election law question.) Anyone who offers to be a volunteer attorney on Election Day should be sure to include both his or her e-mail address and his or her cell phone number and he or she should also let Vince know his or her time availability on Election Day. (Although all day availability would be preferable, if the attorney can volunteer a block of time of 4 hours or more, it would be acceptable.) DON’T FORGET, THE MCRO CAMPAIGN KICKOFF 250TH CELEBRATION FUNDRAISER IS ON SEPTEMBER 15TH. PLEASE COME SO THAT THE MCRO CAN HELP OUR CANDIDATES! GOP COUNTY COMMITTEE CAN COME AT A DISCOUNTED RATE As previously reported, the Middlesex County Republican Organization will be holding a Campaign Kickoff Dinner/Reception 250th Celebration on Tuesday, September 15th from 6:00 to 9:00 pm at the Forsgate Country Club, 375 Forsgate Drive, Monroe Township. We will be celebrating the country’s 250th birthday. There will be a buffet dinner, cash bar and entertainment. The tickets are $200.00 per person, but tickets for GOP county committee members are a discounted rate of $70.00 each. If your local Municipal GOP organization or club puts together a table of 10, they can be a table sponsor and the cost is only $650.00, (which, of course, works out to be $65.00 per person if the organization or club splits the cost.) Please come and help the Middlesex County Republican Organization so it can help our candidates. Write and mail checks to: Middlesex County Republican Organization, P.O. Box 6953, 614 Cranbury Road, East Brunswick, New Jersey 08816. For RSVP, registration and sponsorship information please email: chair@middlesexgopnj.org. Or, if you prefer, you can pay online at: https://secure.winred.com/middlesex-county-republican-organization/mcrocampaignkickoff2026 FREE NAMETAGS FOR REPUBLICAN CANDIDATES IN MIDDLESEX COUNTY AVAILABLE As I have done for many years, I will be happy to make nametags for any Republican candidate running on the MCRO line for local public office in Middlesex County who wants one – for free. If there is interest, their GOP municipal chair should send me an e-mail with the candidates’ information – including exactly the way each candidate wants his or her name on the nametag, plus his or her e-mail address, (and address and phone number), so I can add them to my e-mail newsletter list, and I will prepare the nametags. ANSWERS TO POLITICAL TRIVIA: 1. Raleigh, North Carolina. (He was one of only two Presidents born in a state capital. The other was Barack Obama who was born in Honolulu, Hawaii.) 2. Ronald Reagan. Reagan married actress Jane Wyman in 1940, and the couple divorced in 1949. Reagan married Nancy Davis Reagan in 1952. 3. Thomas Jefferson, who in a rematch with John Adams, the 1796 winner, won over Adams. 4. January 20. Before the passage of the 20th Amendment, the President and Vice President’s terms began on March 4 each year, leading to a five-month-long “lame duck” period between election and inauguration. In 1933, Congress changed all that with the 20th Amendment’s ratification. The law also clarified the procedures to follow in the event of the death of a President-elect and for an Electoral College tie. 5. John Quincy Adams, elected President in 1824, was the eldest son of John Adams. (George H.W. Bush and George W. Bush became the second father-son POTUS duo in 2000. Franklin and Theodore Roosevelt were fifth cousins, while Benjamin Harrison was the grandson of President William Henry Harrison.) 6. George Washington, James Polk, Warren Harding, James Buchanan, and Andrew Jackson. 7. James. The first James to take the presidential oath was James Madison, the fourth US President. He was immediately succeeded by James Monroe. The 11th President, James K. Polk, was next, followed by James Buchanan (No. 15), James Garfield (No. 20), and James “Jimmy” Carter (No. 39). UPDATED CALENDAR What follows is an updated calendar. If you have any municipal or countywide fundraisers or functions you would like me to include in my e-mail calendar from time to time, please contact me at dkatzlaw@aol.com. Please note that organizations and campaigns sometimes provide added information, change dates, or cancel events, which I include in this calendar if I receive the information in time. Therefore, if you plan to attend an event, please make sure you review the calendar listing in my latest e-mail and, to the extent you may not have pre-registered for the particular event so the sponsoring group will be able to contact you about any changes, you may want to check with the sponsoring group before you go, to make sure the information has not changed. Also, please be aware that these e-mails are not official MCRO notices or mailings; they are just something I do, voluntarily, to help our Republican Party. August 25 (Tuesday) – Last day for a candidate to withdraw from the ballot for the General Election. (The last day to replace a withdrawn candidate is 2 days later – Thursday, August 27.) September 15 (Tuesday 6:00 pm – 9:00 pm) – Middlesex County Republican Organization Campaign Kickoff 2026 250th Celebration. Forsgate Country Club, 375 Forsgate Drive, Monroe Township. Buffet Dinner, Cash Bar & Entertainment. $200 per person, County Committee at a reduced rate of $70. Municipal/Local GOP Club Table Sponsor $650 for a table of 10. Write and mail checks to: Middlesex County Republican Organization, P.O. Box 6953, 614 Cranbury Road, East Brunswick, New Jersey 08816. For RSVP, registration and sponsorship information please email chair@middlesexgopnj.org. Or, if you prefer, you can pay online at: https://secure.winred.com/middlesex-county-republican-organization/mcrocampaignkickoff2026 September 18-19 (Friday-Saturday) – NJGOP Summit. Resorts, Atlantic City. September 19 (Saturday) – Statutory date by which the County Clerk is supposed to mail out the first vote-by-mail ballots. September 20 (Sunday 1:00 pm – 5:00 pm) – Middlesex County/Piscataway GOP Meet and Greet Picnic. Johnson Park Grove 5, Piscataway, (off River Road in Piscataway). Featuring Senate Nominee Justhin Murphy, Congressional Nominees Gregg Mele CD12 & Hillary Herzig CD 6. $20.00 per person. Psy via Zelle at PwayGOPTreasurer@proton.me or mail check payable to PRO and send Wayne Steele, 260 Dorset Cour, Piscataway, NJ 08854, RSVP at Tinyurl.com/MCSept20, 732-708-5495 or PwayGOP@gmail.com. October 13 (Tuesday) – Last day to register to vote in the General Election. October 13 (Tuesday) – Deadline for filing your list of Election Day challengers for the General Election with the Board of Elections. (Middlesex County Board of Elections, 26-B Kennedy Boulevard, East Brunswick, New Jersey 08816) October 13 (Tuesday 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm) – Middlesex County Republican Women’s Club Meeting, East Brunswick Library, 2 Civic Center Drive, (off Ryder’s Lane), East Brunswick. October 24 (Saturday) – November 1 (Sunday) – Early Voting Period (Any voter registered in Middlesex County can vote at any of the 10 Early Voting Sites in Middlesex County.) October 27 (Tuesday) – Last day for vote-by-mail ballot applications to be received by the County Clerk by mail in order to vote in the General Election. (Middlesex County Clerk, P.O. Box 1110, New Brunswick, New Jersey 08901-1110). November 2 (Monday 3:00 pm) – Last day to apply for a mail-in ballot in person (or by authorized messenger) at the County Clerk’s office (26-C Kennedy Boulevard, East Brunswick, New Jersey), in order to vote in the General Election. November 3 (Tuesday 6:00 am – 8:00 pm) – General Election December 12 (Saturday, Departing from North Brunswick by bus at 7:30 am and returning at 3:00 pm) – Middlesex County Republican Women’s Club Holiday Bus Trip to Trump Tower in NYC. $100.00 per person, which includes Bus, Breakfast at the Trump Grill, Taxes and Gratuities. Send checks payable to “MCRWC” and attendee information to P.O. Box 5274, Old Bridge, NJ 08857 or pay online at https://sbgop.wufoo.com/forms/mcrwc-america-250-bus-trip-to-trump-tower Please forward this information to any Middlesex County Republican, or other individuals, who you think might be interested in seeing it, but, before you forward it, make sure you delete the “unsubscribe” link at the bottom of this e-mail, otherwise one of the people you forward it to, may unsubscribe you and the program will not let me add you back to my mailing list. Further, if you know of any Middlesex County Republicans who would like to receive periodic reports about Republican-related information I believe might be interesting or useful, please have them send me, Donald Katz, an e-mail to dkatzlaw@aol.com, and I will add them to my e-mail list. By the same token, if you ever wish to be removed from my e-mail list, click “unsubscribe” at the bottom of this e-mail. Donald Katz, Esq. 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MIDDLESEX COUNTY GOP UPDATE
