Politico reports:
New Jersey Republicans looked past Donald Trump Tuesday, nominating a challenger to Democratic Gov. Phil Murphy who once called the former president a “charlatan” and later acknowledged Joe Biden won the 2020 presidential election.
Jack Ciattarelli, a three-term former member of the New Jersey General Assembly who was backed by the state’s GOP establishment, defeated three other Republicans — two of whom centered their campaigns around loyalty to the former president — to win his party’s gubernatorial nomination.
The selection of Ciattarelli in heavily Democratic New Jersey bucks a national trend of Republicans supporting candidates linked to the former president.
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Trump backers lose big as Ciattarelli claims GOP nomination in N.J. – POLITICO https://t.co/Og83sENgj2
— Josh Kraushaar (@HotlineJosh) June 9, 2021
Tonight New Jerseyans showed they are ready for a change, and we are just getting started…THANK YOU for your support! Let’s make Murphy #OneAndDoneIn21 pic.twitter.com/OrVgly1ti0
— Jack Ciattarelli (@Jack4NJ) June 9, 2021