Overview
- Video from a Piscataway rally shows Ciattarelli aide Ibrar Nadeem calling for a ban on same‑sex marriage and quipping about not "taking money from Jews."
- Ciattarelli praised Nadeem at the event and did not denounce the comments onstage, then later posted that he supports same‑sex marriage.
- The Human Rights Campaign and New Jersey Democrats urged Ciattarelli to repudiate or remove the aide, condemning the remarks as antisemitic and homophobic.
- The Democratic National Committee added $500,000 for get‑out‑the‑vote work in New Jersey, Virginia and Pennsylvania, as outside spending and field operations intensify.
- Barack Obama is slated to rally with Mikie Sherrill in Newark, and President Donald Trump is boosting Jack Ciattarelli with endorsements and planned tele‑rallies as polls show Sherrill holding a mid‑single‑digit lead ahead of early voting on Oct. 22 and Election Day on Nov. 4.