{"id":243834,"date":"2026-06-02T18:13:42","date_gmt":"2026-06-02T18:13:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/02\/mike-the-situation-sorrentino-jersey-shore-star-reveals-plan-to-run-for-governor-of-garden-state\/"},"modified":"2026-06-02T18:13:42","modified_gmt":"2026-06-02T18:13:42","slug":"mike-the-situation-sorrentino-jersey-shore-star-reveals-plan-to-run-for-governor-of-garden-state","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/02\/mike-the-situation-sorrentino-jersey-shore-star-reveals-plan-to-run-for-governor-of-garden-state\/","title":{"rendered":"Mike &#8216;The Situation&#8217; Sorrentino: &#8216;Jersey Shore&#8217; Star Reveals Plan to Run for Governor of Garden State"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 2<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minutes<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Mike \u201cThe Situation\u201d Sorrentino might be taking a page from the political playbook of Spencer \u201cThe Irritation\u201d Pratt.<\/p>\n<p>Yes, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehollywoodgossip.com\/2026\/05\/donald-trump-teases-spencer-pratt-endorsement-bemoans-rigged-elections-in-california\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Spencer\u2019s campaign to become mayor of Los Angeles <\/a>has met with surprising success, and the former MTV star has a real chance at getting elected.<\/p>\n<p>That success may have inspired fellow MTV alum Mike to announce plans to run for governor of New Jersey.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><noscript><\/noscript><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"694\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/06\/GettyImages-1586126417-1024x694.jpg\" alt=\"Mike &quot;The Situation&quot; Sorrentino visits SiriusXM at SiriusXM Studios on August 01, 2023 in New York City. \" class=\"wp-image-556302 lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/06\/GettyImages-1586126417-1024x694.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/06\/GettyImages-1586126417-300x203.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/06\/GettyImages-1586126417-768x520.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/06\/GettyImages-1586126417-2048x1387.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/06\/GettyImages-1586126417-960x650.jpg 960w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/06\/GettyImages-1586126417-1080x732.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/06\/GettyImages-1586126417-1200x813.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/06\/GettyImages-1586126417-scaled.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" data-trellis-processed=\"1\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Mike \u201cThe Situation\u201d Sorrentino visits SiriusXM at SiriusXM Studios on August 01, 2023 in New York City. <span class=\"image-caption-credit\"> (Photo by Jamie McCarthy\/Getty Images)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019d like to save lives for the next three to five years with Archangel Centers, I\u2019d like to have an Archangel Center in every [one of the] 50 states,\u201d Mike told\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/newjersey.news12.com\/mike-the-situation-sorrentino-says-he-has-sights-set-on-future-run-for-new-jersey-governor\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">New Jersey\u2019s\u00a0<em>News 12<\/em><\/a> this week, adding:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAfter that, you know, I\u2019ll introduce everybody to Governor Situation.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Pressed about what party he might choose to run for, Mike demurred, saying:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI can\u2019t announce it yet, but I think the residents of New Jersey would like no property tax.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In other words, he\u2019ll likely follow the Pratt route and treat his personal rich guy pet peeve as the number one populous issue and run as a Republican. It\u2019s working for Spencer!<\/p>\n<p>In the meantime, with Jersey Shore wrapping up its run on MTV, Mike says he\u2019ll be focusing on using his Archangel Centers to continue helping those who are dealing with mental health and substance abuse issues.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DZEIpQeOlHF\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\" style=\" background:#FFF; border:0; border-radius:3px; box-shadow:0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width:540px; min-width:326px; padding:0; width:99.375%; width:-webkit-calc(100% - 2px); width:calc(100% - 2px);\"\/>\n<p>He told News 12 hat he\u2019ll be \u201cputting his reality TV career on pause to focus on opening more [Archangel] Centers\u201d and <em>then<\/em> focusing on \u201chis political career.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>With his career of service, Mike hasa stronger resume than most reality stars who might have aspirations of one day holding public office.<\/p>\n<p>And (sadly) Mike and Spencer aren\u2019t the only MTV alums who have their eye on the political arena.<\/p>\n<p>Back in January, former <em>Teen Mom<\/em> star <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehollywoodgossip.com\/2026\/01\/farrah-abraham-run-for-office-wrong-year\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Farrah Abraham announced that she would be running for mayor of Austin<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Farrah apparently, thought that all mayoral elections take place on the same day, and she seemed quite confused when TMZ\u2019s Harvey Levin informed her that the election won\u2019t be held in 2028.<\/p>\n<p>Farrah responded by offering up one of her signature word salads, saying (via <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theashleysrealityroundup.com\/2026\/06\/01\/jersey-shore-star-mike-the-situation-sorrentino-reveals-future-plan-to-run-for-governor-of-new-jersey\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The Ashley\u2019s Reality Roundup<\/a>):<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m running local right now, so local is a little different than federal! I did say that my hope, after running local, is for district which is 2028. I do have hopes of running for district, but for right now, I\u2019m going to stay in a non-partisan category, which is mayor.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI love that I jumped the gun!\u201d Farrah later said of her premature announcement. \u201c \u2026 if someone misinterpreted their [date] and told me that, that\u2019s OK too!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Needless to say, Farrah\u2019s political career is not off to the most promising start.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async defer src=\"https:\/\/platform.instagram.com\/en_US\/embeds.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehollywoodgossip.com\/2026\/06\/mike-the-situation-sorrentino-jersey-shore-star-reveals-plan-to-run-for-governor-of-garden-state\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Reading Time: 2 minutes Mike \u201cThe Situation\u201d Sorrentino might be taking a page from the political playbook of Spencer \u201cThe Irritation\u201d Pratt. Yes, Spencer\u2019s campaign to become mayor of Los Angeles has met with surprising success, and the former MTV star has a real chance at getting elected. That success may have inspired fellow MTV [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":243835,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-243834","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-hollywood"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/243834","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=243834"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/243834\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/243835"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=243834"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=243834"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=243834"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}