President Donald Trump’s supported New Jersey nominee won the Republican primary to succeed term-limited Democratic Gov. Phil Murphy in 2025.
The Republican nomination for New Jersey governor was won by former GOP state senator Jack Ciattarelli, who defeated four challengers in the primary on Tuesday. The race has been a war for Trump’s support for months, as Fox News reported.
Former businessman and conservative talk radio broadcaster Bill Spadea and state Sen. Jon Bramnick, a lawyer and 10-year Assembly GOP leader, were beaten out by Ciattarelli.
The victory
New Jersey’s polls closed at 8 o’clock in the evening, and the Associated Press already predicted Ciattarelli would win less than 20 minutes later.
In his acceptance speech, Ciattarelli expressed gratitude to Trump, who enjoys spending summer weekends at his New Jersey golf club in Bedminster.
“To our most well-known part-time New Jersey resident, who honored me with his endorsement and strong support, thank you, President Donald J. Trump,” Ciattarelli said to cheers.
Upcoming election
In the upcoming November general election. Ciattarelli will be pitted against Mikie Sherrill, a Democrat and a former federal prosecutor and Navy helicopter pilot who was projected by the Associated Press to have won the Democratic gubernatorial primary.
“Jack knows what it takes to provide New Jersey families with much-needed relief and has proven that he has the plan to fix New Jersey with commonsense solutions,” Republican Governors Association Chair Brian Kemp, the governor of Georgia, said in a statement.
“Meanwhile, Democrat Mikie Sherrill must defend her failed record in Washington that has led to skyrocketing costs, failed schools and left New Jersey families struggling,” Kemp argued.
How he won
Ciattarelli and Spadea engaged in a heated debate for months during the GOP primary, arguing about who had been more faithful to Trump.
The president gave his endorsement to Ciattarelli last month, despite the fact that Ciattarelli had a failed in 2017 in his bid for the Republican primary.
After waiting four years, he finally won the nomination and surprised everyone by running a strong general election campaign, almost unseating Murphy.
From Trump
“I’m asking you to get out and vote for a true champion for the people of your state — Jack Ciattarelli. He’s been a friend of mine, and he’s been a real success story,” Trump told supporters when he addressed a rally before early voting started in New Jersey.
In a recent interview with Fox News Digtal, Cittarrelli praised the president’s endorsement, calling it “a really big deal,” and went on to say, “the president’s doing very, very well in New Jersey.” Cittarrelli noted that Trump’s re-election victory in November solidified his grip over the GOP.
The fact that Spadea was unable to secure Trump’s support “was certainly disappointing.”
“I mean, we made no bones about this. We absolutely wanted the president’s endorsement. Unfortunately, the president endorsed a poll and not a plan,” Spadea told Fox News Digital last week.
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Author: Charlotte Tyler
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