POLITICO Get the New Jersey Playbook newsletter Email Sign Up By signing up you agree to receive email newsletters or updates from POLITICO and you agree to our privacy policy and terms of service. You can unsubscribe at any time and you can contact us here. This sign-up form is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply. Presented by Uber Driver Stories Good Thursday morning! Finally, New Jersey Republicans can run for office without the specter of Donald Trump haunting them. Or can they? Conservative activist Seth Grossman’s decision to run for state Senate in the 2nd Legislative District means the kind of hard right politics Trump embraced — anti-immigrant, anti-Muslim, and often racist — will still be a force in the Republican contest there.