The mayor of Bergen County, New Jersey’s fifth-largest municipality, formally switched parties on Thursday, announcing his support for Republican gubernatorial candidate Jack Ciattarelli.
Garfield Mayor Everett E. Garnto Jr. said he felt compelled to leave the Democratic Party, declaring that “the state is broken.” His announcement came during a rally at a Garfield gymnasium, where several hundred people gathered to hear from both Garnto and Ciattarelli,
