TRENTON, NJ – President Donald Trump has chimed in again on the New Jersey race for governor, showing more support for Republican Jack Ciattarelli early Thursday morning, praising him as the next governor of New Jersey just as a new poll shows the race between Ciattarelli and Democrat Mikie Sherrill locked in a dead heat.
A new Emerson College Polling/PIX11/The Hill survey released this week found that both Ciattarelli and Sherrill have 43% support among likely voters, with 3% backing another candidate and 11% still undecided.
“Wow!!! A just out poll has Jack Ciattarelli essentially beating close to incompetent Mike Sherrill in the race for Governor of New Jersey,” Trump said in a statement. The president called Ciattarelli “tough on crime and cutting taxes” while blasting Sherrill for p