TRENTON, N.J. (AP) - Jack Ciattarelli, the small business founder and former Assembly member, won New Jersey’s Republican primary for governor Tuesday, defeating rivals who claimed former President Donald Trump’s mantle.Ciattarelli will go on to face Democratic incumbent Gov.
Phil Murphy in November’s election. Murphy won an uncontested primary and warned Tuesday night that "truth" itself is on the ballot in the fall.Ciattarelli defeated three challengers, two of whom promoted themselves as vocal Trump supporters.
They were Hirsh Singh, an engineer from Atlantic County and Hudson County pastor and former real estate developer Phil Rizzo.