Assemblyman Jay Webber and Jefferson Township Council Majority Endorse Save Jefferson Team

JEFFERSON TOWNSHIP — The Save Jefferson team, the joint ticket of mayoral candidate Christian Barranco with Council candidates Sheila Brown and Dottie Santasieri, announced two major endorsements ahead of the June 2nd Republican primary: New Jersey Assemblyman Jay Webber and the majority of the sitting Jefferson Township Council.

Assemblyman Webber, a longtime conservative voice in Trenton and a former chairman of the New Jersey Republican State Committee, represented Jefferson Township in the General Assembly for more than a decade after the 2011 legislative apportionment placed the township in his 26th District. The 2022 redistricting process, which redrew district lines following the 2020 census, moved Jefferson out of the 26th, but Webber’s commitment to the township has not changed with the map.

Webber served alongside Christian Barranco in the General Assembly and is endorsing Barranco for Mayor on the strength of that shared record. The two worked together in Trenton fighting for fiscal responsibility, smaller government, and personal freedoms, the same priorities Barranco is bringing to his campaign for Jefferson Township. Webber called Barranco the kind of leader Jefferson needs and the kind of candidate the party needs more of running for office.

In accepting the endorsement, Barranco thanked Webber for his steady advocacy for the township and noted that Jefferson has always been close to his heart, even after redistricting redrew the boundaries of who formally represents it in Trenton.

The Save Jefferson team also announced the endorsement of the majority of the sitting Jefferson Township Council: Council Vice President Barbie Garuto, Councilman Robert Birmingham, and Councilman Daniel Schultz. Sheila Brown thanked them for standing with the campaign, calling their support a clear signal that the officials closest to the day-to-day work of governing Jefferson are ready for new leadership at the top.

Together, the endorsements reflect a coalition that spans state-level conservative leadership and the local officials Jefferson residents already trust to represent them. Barranco closed by reminding residents that the decision now rests with the voters, and urged them to turn out for the Save Jefferson ticket on or before June 2.