Anti-Jordan NY Congressman has political connections to NJ

By Rubashov

Conservative activists have been lobbying the “anti-MAGA” GOP holdouts who refused to confirm Conservative Congressman Jim Jordan as Speaker. They circulated a handy list and urged grassroots Republicans inside and outside their districts to call the offices of those GOP holdouts.
 

One of those GOP incumbents – New York’s Michael Lawler – is potentially more exposed than the others. Lawler founded CheckMate Strategies with Chris Russell, Jack Ciattarelli’s strategist, and their political consulting firm came to dominate New Jersey Republican politics. The State of New Jersey’s corporate filings lists him as co-owner of the firm as does his congressional financial disclosure statement (made as a candidate) for 2022.
 

CheckMate Strategies is listed as the administrator on numerous campaign social media pages. For example, on the Facebook page used by Assemblyman Parker Space’s Senate campaign, the disclaimer reads: “CHECKMATE STRATEGIES LLC is responsible for this Page.”
 

CheckMate runs numerous campaigns in New Jersey and before his election to Congress in 2022, Lawler handled many of those accounts personally. It is also noteworthy that on his 2022 congressional financial disclosure statement, Congressman Michael Lawler lists that he earned income as a lobbyist for International Union of Operating Engineers (IUOE) Local 825.