Trump, New Jersey and governor
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Trump backlash in 2018. Just months after the political unknown declared her Democratic candidacy for Congress and began raising money at a fast clip, the 24-year Republican incumbent bowed out rather than face the first competitive general election of his career.
Trump has jumped into the Garden State race, one of two gubernatorial elections this year that could serve as a pre-midterms referendum.
Christine Todd Whitman, the former Republican New Jersey governor, said Wednesday that she is pulling for U.S. Rep. Mikie Sherrill, the Democratic nominee in the race to succeed Gov. Phil Murphy. Whitman,
President Trump is a big factor in the campaigns of the six Democrats and six Republicans running to replace Gov. Phil Murphy.
Democrats, on their heels after President Trump’s victory, see the state as the “perfect place to counterpunch.”
The gubernatorial primaries were vigorously contested; Assembly nominees were chosen in all 21 counties; and while President Donald Trump wasn’t on the ballot, he was very much on the minds of candidates and voters.