| Written and distributed since 2003 by Donald Katz, Esq., Republican State Committeeman for Middlesex County and Counsel, Middlesex County Republican Organization REPUBLICAN NATIONAL COMMITTEE CO-CHAIR TO SPEAK AT THE MCRO CAMPAIGN KICKOFF FUNDRAISER ON MAY 21ST. PLEASE COME SO THAT THE MCRO CAN HELP OUR CANDIDATES! GOP COUNTY COMMITTEE AND LOCAL GOP ELECTED OFFICIALS CAN COME AT A DISCOUNTED RATE. A VIP RECEPTION AND PICTURES WITH THE RNC CO-CHAIR WILL ALSO BE PART OF THE FUNDRAISER It was recently announced that the Co-Chair of the Republican National Committee, KC Crosbie will be the special Guest Speaker at the Middlesex County Republican Organization Campaign Kickoff Dinner/Reception on Wednesday, May 21ST from 6:00 to 10:00 pm at the Forsgate Country Club, 375 Forsgate Drive, Monroe Township. There will be a pre-dinner VIP meeting and photo opportunity with KC Crosbie for those attendees who are Bronze ($1,000 includes 4 tickets), Silver ($1,500 includes 6 tickets), Gold ($2,000 includes 8 tickets) and Platinum ($2,500 includes 10 tickets) Sponsors and those who purchase a $500.00 VIP ndividual ticket. The kickoff tickets are $200.00 per person, but tickets for the GOP county committee and local GOP elected officials are a discounted rate of $75.00 each, and there is a further reduced rate for GOP Municipal Committees and GOP Clubs which buy tables of 10 for $700.00 for a table of 10. Please come and help the Middlesex County Republican Organization so it can help our candidates. Buy tickets online through the link at www.middlesexgopnj.org or directly at: https://secure.winred.com/middlesex-county-republican-organization/donate. If you wish to mail a check, please make it payable and mail it to: Middlesex County Republican Organization, P. O. Box 6953, 614 Cranbury Road, East Brunswick, NJ 08816. If you have questions, e-mail: chair@middlesexgopnj.org. POLITICAL TRIVIA: Here are some political trivia questions. I hope you enjoy them. The answers are below, immediately above the calendar: 1. Joe Biden was the first Pennsylvania-born U.S. President. True or False? 2. Abraham Lincoln served in the House of Representatives as a member of what party? 3. Before his film and political careers, which U.S. President was a lifeguard? 4. Abigail Adams encouraged her husband to “Remember the” what? 5. Who was the youngest First Lady at 21 years old? 6. Which state has the most presidential libraries? 7. Which state is nicknamed the “Mother of Vice Presidents”? VOTE BY MAIL BALLOTS STARTED TO GO OUT ON SATURDAY, APRIL 19TH. FOR THOSE RECEIVING THEM, HERE IS A REMINDER OF WHO THE MCRO ENDORSED IN THE GOVERNOR’S RACE AND WHO THE LOCAL OLD BRIDGE REPUBLICAN ORGANIZATION IS SUPPORTING IN THEIR CONTESTED COUNCIL CONTESTS By law, the first of the Vote-By-Mail ballots were sent out on Saturday, April 19th, so by the time you read this, the ballots will either be received shortly, or will have already been received by those voters receiving VBM ballots. Therefore, since the voting of those ballots is starting very shortly, or has already just started, I thought it was important that you know, in the contested primary races, who the Republican organizations – which includes most of the people who work on an ongoing basis for our Republican party and its candidates – are supporting. There are only 4 contested races in the Republican Party in Middlesex County. All registered Republicans in the county will have a choice as to which Republican they want to be the Republican nominee for Governor of New Jersey. Both the Middlesex County Republican Organization Screening Committee – which consisted of all our GOP municipal chairs, all of the county GOP leadership and additional bonus votes from municipalities throughout the county, and the Middlesex County Republican Organization Nominating convention – which consisted of hundreds of Republicans from all over the county – voted almost unanimously, (screening committee) or unanimously, (nominating convention) – for Jack Ciatarelli. In Middlesex County, he is running under the slogan: “Endorsed by Middlesex County Republican Organization.” The other three Republican contested races are for Old Bridge Ward Council seats in Wards 3, 4, and 5. The local Old Bridge Republican Organization (its Municipal Committee) is supporting John Reilly for Old Bridge Ward 3 Councilman, Gina Talamo for Old Bridge Ward 4 Councilwoman, and Carl Von Stetten for Old Bridge Ward 6 Councilman. All three are running under the slogan: “Old Bridge Republican Organization Endorsed Candidate”, as are all three incumbent Republican Ward Councilmen, who are running unopposed in the Republican primary. You will find Jack Ciatarelli in position 1B in the Gubernatorial office block on the ballot, the second candidate on the list of the 5 running. In the Old Bridge ward contests, John Reilly is in the second position in the Ward 3 office block and Gina Talamo and Carl Von Stetten are in the first position in the Ward 4 and 6 office blocks, respectively. GOOD AND WELFARE * Deepest sympathies to South Plainfield Mayor Matt Anesh and his family on the recent death of his father, John Anesh. DON’T MISS THE IMPORTANT ELECTION DEADLINES REFERENCED IN MY CALENDAR, BELOW If you are the person responsible for filing for credentials for election day challengers in your municipality, that deadline date is Tuesday, May 20th. Under a recent law change, this deadline is now one week earlier than in past elections: three weeks before Election Day instead of two weeks. Also, the last date to apply, by mail, for a vote-by-mail ballot is Tuesday, June 3rd. (After that date, you can still get a vote by mail ballot in person at the county clerk’s office, up to 3:00 pm the day before to Election Day.) ANSWERS TO POLITICAL TRIVIA: 1. False. The first Pennsylvania-born commander-in-chief was James Buchanan, America’s 15th President. He was born in 1791 in Cove Gap and is the only Pennsylvania-born President besides Joe Biden. In 1789, Buchanan’s father purchased a trading post that he renamed Stony Batter, after the family home in Ireland. The site is now a state park with a stone pyramid denoting where Buchanan was born. 2. The Whig Party. Before joining the Republican Party and winning the presidency, Abraham Lincoln was a Whig. In fact, he spent more time as a Whig than as a Republican; it was as a member of the Whig Party that he first entered the national conversation and served in the House of Representatives. However, after the Compromise of 1850 and the Kansas-Nebraska Act, the Whig Party began to dissolve, and Lincoln left the Whigs to join the Republicans. 3. Ronald Reagan. During his teenage years growing up in Dixon, Illinois, Reagan worked summers as a lifeguard. 4. “the ladies”. In 1776, Abigail Adams wrote a letter to her husband, John Adams, “to remember the ladies” 5. Frances Cleveland became the youngest First Lady in 1886 when she married the sitting President Grover Cleveland. Sarah Van Buren, daughter-in-law of President Martin Van Buren, was slightly younger (20) when she assumed White House hostess duties. Jill Biden is the oldest First Lady to take office at 69 years old. 6. Texas. There are currently 14 presidential libraries managed by the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA). Texas is home to three of them, more than any other state. The Johnson Library is located in Austin, while the Bush Library is in College Station, and the George W. Bush Library is in Dallas. 7. Indiana. Ohio may call itself the “Mother of Presidents,” but when it comes to the second-highest office in the land, its next-door neighbor, Indiana, takes the spotlight. The state earned the nickname “Mother of Vice Presidents” after an Indiana-born vice-presidential candidate appeared on the ticket in 10 of the 13 elections between 1868 and 1916. Despite Indiana’s nickname, New York has produced nearly double the number of Vice Presidents — 11, compared to Indiana’s six. 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. May 20 (Tuesday) – Last day to register to vote in the Primary Election. May 20 (Tuesday) – Deadline for filing your list of primary election day challengers with the Board of Elections. (Middlesex County Board of Elections, 26-B Kennedy Boulevard, East Brunswick, New Jersey 08816) (Note, this date is one week earlier than previously noted, since a newly adopted law moves the challenger filing deadline earlier by one week.) May 21 (Wednesday, 6:00 pm – 10:00 pm) – Middlesex County Republican Organization Campaign Kickoff Dinner, Forsgate Country Club, 375 Forsgate Drive, Monroe Township. Tickets: $200.00 per person, GOP county committee and local GOP elected officials $75.00 per person. Buy tickets online through the link at www.middlesexgopnj.org or directly at: https://secure.winred.com/middlesex-county-republican-organization/donate. If you wish to mail a check, please make it payable and mail it to: Middlesex County Republican Organization, P. O. Box 6953, 614 Cranbury Road, East Brunswick, NJ 08816. If you have questions, e-mail: chair@middlesexgopnj.org. June 3 (Tuesday) – Last day for vote-by-mail ballot applications to be received by the County Clerk by mail, in order to vote in the Primary Election. (Middlesex County Clerk, P.O. Box 1110, New Brunswick, New Jersey 08901-1110). June 3 (Tuesday) – June 8 (Sunday) – Primary Election Early Voting Period (Note, this time period is longer previously noted, due to another newly adopted law.) June 9 (Monday 3:00 pm) – Last day to apply for a vote-by-mail 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 Primary Election. June 10 (Tuesday) – Primary Election June 12 (Thursday 7:30 pm -) – Middlesex County Republican Organization meeting for all county committee members, Forsgate Country Club, 375 Forsgate Drive, Monroe Township. 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 foot of this e-mail. Donald Katz, Esq. 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MIDDLESEX COUNTY GOP UPDATE
