NEW JERSEY
NJ.com
By Brent Johnson | NJ Advance Media for NJ.com
on December 08, 2016
TRENTON — Bob Hoatson has an unconventional resume for a budding gubernatorial candidate.
The 64-year-old West Orange resident is a one-time Catholic priest who changed course and became a vocal advocate for sexual abuse victims. He’s never been elected to public office.
But now, Hoatson is one of the many contenders seeking the 2017 Democratic nomination to succeed Gov. Chris Christie, a Republican.
And he’s hoping the recent rise of non-politicians like Donald Trump, a businessman with no government experience who was elected America’s 45th president last month, makes his chances of becoming New Jersey’s chief executive less of a long shot.
“My real passion is real leadership,” Hoatson, who launched his bid last month, told NJ Advance Media in an interview Wednesday. “New Jersey is in such bad shape right now. We need leadership.”
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