The beach umbrellas are put away; the Labor Day barbeques are over; and now campaign season is in full swing. New Jersey has a few key congressional races to watch and there are a lot of important issues to discuss. Campaign ads are now starting to crop up all over the place, but will we get substance or sound bites? Nasty or nice? And why is one candidate with strong name recognition keeping so quiet?
Candidates let their ads do the talking, rather than risk saying something
TV and digital ads may be main source of information this year
Senior Political Correspondent/Anchor
Senior Correspondent David Cruz is the moderator of Chat Box and Reporters Roundtable. He's been a member of the NJ Spotlight News team since 2011 and has been covering New Jersey's biggest stories for almost 30 years. He's been a reporter and moderator of public affairs programs on television, radio and digital platforms for WBGO and WNYC radio and is the former editor in chief of the Hudson Reporter Newspaper group.