New Jersey Governor-elect Mikie Sherrill listens to members of her transition team speak during a news conference in Trenton, NJ, Wednesday, Nov. 5, 2025. AP

The policy hands that are strangling New Jersey residents like me belong to the Democratic Party — and before Tuesday’s election, I had hope we might finally breathe again.

We feel the bruises around our necks with every electric bill we open and every property-tax check we write.

Yet year after year we keep rewarding the very people who’ve assaulted our financial potential.

Jack Ciatterelli was a common-sense candidate who understood that a return to sensible tax and climate policies is a must for New Jerseyans’ survival — and was our greatest advocate for ending the mistreatment we’ve endured for decades.

But his loss to

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