What will the 2017 challenge be?

We as Republicans enjoyed a Thanksgiving with the prospects of not having Hillary as the president-elect.

What we will face in the year 2017 is a Governor campaign that will be a possible reaction against Governor Christie. We in South Jersey were upset at: his appointment of U.S. Attorney Walter Timpone, signing the fuel tax increase without fighting for revisions to state highway construction and repair guidelines, did not act swiftly or decisively regarding Bridge-gate, insulted but lately reversed his ruling on commuters regarding State Taxes for Pennsylvania and New York commuters.

We are faced with a State wherein he never moved strongly enough to endorse conservative principles and actions. The best thing he did was endorse Trump, but he should have never run for President himself. In short he appears to be a classic RINO.

We need as a Republican Party a strong Conservative candidates who can capture or defeat the North Jersey Vote. Is that Possible? Probably not but who are running the Republicans Parties of; Atlantic, Burlington, Camden, Cape May, Cumberland, Gloucester and Ocean Counties. Do these Counties have the clout?

We heard little from the Gloucester County Executive during the Trump Campaign. Our problem by county in 2017 follows:

			Clinton - Trump	Trump - Clinton
	(Dem)	(GOP)
Total	2,021,756	1,535,513	486243.00	486243.00
	55%	42%	0.13	0.13
Atlantic	54,472	47,882	6590.00	6590.00
	52%	45%	0.07	0.07
Bergen	209,251	163,220	46031.00	46031.00
	54%	43%	0.11	0.11
Burlington	108,361	79,539	28822.00	28822.00
	56%	41%	0.15	0.15
Camden	142,375	71,020	71355.00	71355.00
	65%	32%	0.33	0.33
Cape May	18,626	28,237	9611.00	9611.00
	39%	58%	0.19	0.19
Cumberland	27,045	24,213	2832.00	2832.00
	51%	46%	0.05	0.05
Essex	231,031	62,059	168972.00	168972.00
	77%	21%	0.56	0.56
Gloucester	66,355	66,949	594.00	594.00
	48%	48%	0.00	0.00
Hudson	149,980	45,615	104365.00	104365.00
	74%	23%	0.51	0.51
Hunterdon	28,797	38,565	9768.00	9768.00
	41%	55%	0.14	0.14
Mercer	93,721	42,604	51117.00	51117.00
	66%	30%	0.36	0.36
Middlesex	164,887	108,981	55906.00	55906.00
	58%	39%	0.19	0.19
Monmouth	135,825	165,305	29480.00	29480.00
	44%	53%	0.09	0.09
Morris	114,437	125,376	10939.00	10939.00
	46%	50%	0.04	0.04
Ocean	81,845	170,103	88258.00	88258.00
	32%	66%	0.34	0.34
Passaic	112,608	71,488	41120.00	41120.00
	60%	38%	0.22	0.22
Salem	11,766	16,256	4490.00	4490.00
	40%	56%	0.16	0.16
Somerset	83,839	64,640	19199.00	19199.00
	54%	42%	0.12	0.12
Sussex	24,132	46,486	22354.00	22354.00
	33%	63%	0.30	0.30
Union	145,412	67,582	77830.00	77830.00
	66%	31%	0.35	0.35
Warren	16,991	29,393	12402.00	12402.00
	35%	61%	0.26	0.26