Jack Ciattarelli, a former New Jersey General Assembly member, has been noted for his previous support of anti-nepotism legislation. However, recent campaign filings reveal that his daughter, Alexa Ciattarelli, was compensated nearly $80,000 for her role in managing the digital side of his campaign efforts.
Having served in the state assembly from 2011 to 2018, Ciattarelli secured the Republican nomination for the gubernatorial race on June 11. During this period, his daughter Alexa was paid $77,357.77 from May 2024 to June 2025, as indicated by the records from the New Jersey Election Law Enforcement Commission. She held the position of Senior Digital and Operations Director within the campaign.
In the past, specifically in 2014, Jack Ciattarelli co-sponsored the Comprehensive Anti-Nepotism Act, a bill designed to prevent public officials from hiring family members or awarding contracts benefiting relatives, a move he repeated in 2016. Despite these efforts, the bill never became law.
Importantly, the proposed legislation did not extend to campaign-related activities, which technically exempts the current situation from those restrictions.
Alexa Ciattarelli has previously been involved in her father’s political campaigns, having contributed to his 2021 gubernatorial campaign. At that time, Go BIG Media Inc., a Republican consulting firm that later employed her, was also part of the campaign.
While at Go BIG Media, Alexa provided consultancy services to American First Republicans of New Jersey, which later received a $10,000 donation from a super PAC aligned with Jack Ciattarelli. This donation constituted nearly half of the group’s contributions in 2024.
This raised concerns as American First Republicans of New Jersey was essentially the Montclair Republican County Committee under another name, and campaign finance laws prohibit PACs from donating to or coordinating with county committees.
In response to these concerns, Jack Ciattarelli’s PAC requested the return of the donation, but it remains unclear if any formal investigation took place regarding this issue.
The Ciattarelli campaign did not provide any comments when reached for this story.
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