Jack Ciattarelli’s argument is simple.
He repeatedly spotlights that he’s the only Republican who can defeat Democratic Gov. Phil Murphy of New Jersey in this November’s election.
Ciattarelli, a former GOP Assembly member who ran unsuccessfully for the 2017 Republican gubernatorial nomination, is the front-runner this time around, as New Jersey holds its primary Tuesday.
CIATTARELLI TOUTS HE’S THE ONLY REPUBLICAN WHO CAN BEAT MURPHY
“To beat Phil Murphy, we need to nominate the strongest candidate,” Ciattarelli emphasized in a video posted to social media on the eve of the primary election. “I’m the only candidate with the fundraising ability to defeat Phil Murphy and his extremist agenda.”
Ciattarelli has dramatically outraised his three rivals for the Republican nomination – conservatives Hirsh Singh, who unsuccessfully ran for U.S. Senate last year, and Phil Rizzo, a pastor and former real estate developer – as well as Brad Levine, a former Franklin mayor and Somerset…