{"id":2433899,"date":"2025-05-12T22:57:01","date_gmt":"2025-05-13T02:57:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-backs-jack-ciattarelli-in-coveted-new-jersey-governor-race-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2025-05-12T22:57:24","modified_gmt":"2025-05-13T02:57:24","slug":"trump-backs-jack-ciattarelli-in-coveted-new-jersey-governor-race-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-backs-jack-ciattarelli-in-coveted-new-jersey-governor-race-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump backs Jack Ciattarelli in coveted New Jersey governor race &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftrump-backs-jack-ciattarelli-in-coveted-new-jersey-governor-race-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2433899&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>President Donald Trump has endorsed Jack Ciattarelli, a former New Jersey Assemblyman, for the 2025 gubernatorial election in New Jersey. In a detailed post on Truth social, Trump praised Ciattarelli as a strong &#8220;America First&#8221; candidate who will collaborate closely with the Trump governance on various issues including immigration, energy policy, and economic growth. He emphasized the importance of the election, viewing it as a pivotal moment in hampering the &#8220;Radical Left Democrats&#8221; and signifying a broader shift in New Jersey, which has shown potential to transition from a solidly Democratic state to a more competitive &#8220;purple&#8221; state. Ciattarelli, who has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/oxford-university-race-task-force-proposes-woke-scores-for-hiring-academics\/\" title=\"Oxford University Race Task Force Proposes Woke Scores for Hiring Academics\">previously run<\/a> for governor twice and nearly defeated the incumbent Phil Murphy in 2021, faces competition within the party but is currently the <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >favored candidate backed<\/a> by Trump ahead of a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democrats-are-starting-to-panic-after-poll-shows-party-losing-influence-over-hispanic-voters\/\" title=\"Democrats Are Starting To Panic After Poll Shows Party Losing Influence Over Hispanic Voters\">crucial election cycle<\/a>.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Trump backs Jack Ciattarelli in coveted New Jersey governor race<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2104412\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Donald Trump\">Donald Trump<\/a> is throwing his support behind former <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/new-jersey\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"New Jersey's\">New Jersey<\/a> Assemblyman Jack Ciattarelli in the state&rsquo;s 2025 gubernatorial election.<\/p>\n<p>In a lengthy <a href=\"https:\/\/truthsocial.com\/@realDonaldTrump\/posts\/114497218878772156\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Truth Social Post\">Truth Social post<\/a> on Monday, Trump granted Ciattarelli his &ldquo;Complete and Total Endorsement,&rdquo; celebrating him as a &ldquo;WINNER&rdquo; who &ldquo;WILL NOT LET YOU DOWN.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/state\/3408753\/randy-feenstra-files-run-iowa-governor-2026\/\">Randy Feenstra files to run for Iowa governor<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/3408206\/iowa-state-auditor-democrat-rob-sand-announces-run-for-governor\/\">Iowa state auditor Democrat Rob Sand announces run for governor<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/state\/3406620\/maricopa-county-recorder-justin-heap-mail-unrequested-ballots\/\">Maricopa County recorder challenged over plan to mail unrequested ballots<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Candidate and former Assemblyman Jack Ciattarelli discusses the issues at the New Jersey Republican gubernatorial primary debate, at NJ PBS Studios, Wednesday, May 7, 2025, in Newark, New Jersey. (Steve Hockstein\/NJ Advance Media via AP, Pool)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&ldquo;Jack Ciattarelli is a terrific America First Candidate running to be the next Governor of a State that I love, NEW JERSEY!&rdquo; the president began. &ldquo;Jack, who after getting to know and understand MAGA, has gone ALL IN, and is now 100% (PLUS!). He is strongly supported by the most Highly Respected Leaders in New Jersey and, as your next Governor, Jack Ciattarelli will work closely with me and the Trump Administration to advance our America First Agenda.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Trump went on to name a laundry list of issues on which he aligned with Ciattarelli, from immigration to energy.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Jack will fight tirelessly to Grow our Economy, Cut Taxes and Regulations, Restore our Economic Power, Help Secure our now VERY Secure (Record Setting!) Southern Border, Stop Migrant Crime, Murderers, and other Criminals from illegally entering our Country, Protect our Great Military\/Vets, Advance American Energy DOMINANCE by helping to keep the price of Gasoline, Oil, and all forms of Energy VERY LOW (CHEAP!), and Defend our always under siege Second Amendment, which has not been attacked, amended, or changed while I was President,&rdquo; Trump said.<\/p>\n<p>He argued that the election took on a much larger significance, as the New Jersey Republican is best positioned to combat the &ldquo;Radical Left Democrats.&rdquo; The election, he continued, is &ldquo;being closely watched by the entire World because, we are ending WOKE, and all of the other NONSENSE that goes along with it, AND NOBODY WANTS TO SEE IT COME BACK!&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Republicans have set their eyes on New Jersey in recent years, particularly after closer-than-expected results in November led to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/in_focus\/3319437\/new-jersey-2025-election-swing-state\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"speculation that the state was turning from blue to purple\">speculation that the state was turning from blue to purple<\/a>. Ciattarelli may have his best chance yet this time around; he&rsquo;s run for New Jersey governor two times previously and came surprisingly close to unseating the now-departing Gov. Phil Murphy (D-NJ) in 2021.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/in_focus\/3319437\/new-jersey-2025-election-swing-state\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"THE NEXT SWING STATE? REPUBLICANS BELIEVE IT COULD BE NEW JERSEY\">THE NEXT SWING STATE? REPUBLICANS BELIEVE IT COULD BE NEW JERSEY<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Ciattarelli had been battling with former radio host Bill Spadea for Trump&rsquo;s endorsement.<\/p>\n<p>New Jersey&rsquo;s 2025 gubernatorial election is seen as particularly important as one of only two gubernatorial elections this year (along with Virginia), serving as a good measurement of electoral satisfaction with the president&rsquo;s second administration.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_2104412\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"2104412\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Trump endorses Jack Ciattarelli for New Jersey governor race<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2653,"featured_media":2433900,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Jack-Ciattarelli.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[37411,55116,33096,3634,32076],"class_list":["post-2433899","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-governor-race","tag-jack-ciattarelli","tag-new-jersey","tag-trump","tag-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Jack-Ciattarelli.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2433899","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2653"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2433899"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2433899\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2433903,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2433899\/revisions\/2433903"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2433900"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2433899"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2433899"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2433899"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}