Holly Schepisi (R-River Vale) is a fairly conservative Republican woman representing a suburban New Jersey district. Even if you didn’t know anything else about her, Save Jerseyans, in the year 2021 that biographical snippet qualifies a politician as worthy of a closer look in light of the GOP’s difficulties regaining a foothold in dense, affluent, educated suburbans enclaves where it used to romp on election day.
Articulate, measured, and willing to throw down with legislative Democrats on issues ranging from affordable housing to vote by mail, she could be a future gubernatorial possibility. She might even warrant a serious look from Team Ciattarelli this cycle for his lieutenant governor running mate though, having just made it to the State Senate after a close committee vote with her former running mate, she would likely be reluctant to take another leap into the unknown.