Christine Todd Whitman, a former Republican Governor of New Jersey, said on Wednesday that she was following the American representative Miki Sherrill, a democratic nominated in the race to replace the governor Phil Murphy.
Whitman, who started operating as a republican, conducting the state in 1994–2001, currently Chars The Forced Party, a recent national political party, with a former democratic presidential candidate Andrew Yang. She has He described this as a party “politically homeless” especially for Moderate Republicans who feel alienated by President Donald Trump.
“He is the right person to work,” said Whitman about Sherrill in an interview with Inquirer. “I met her. She knows how to organize. She knows how to deal and lead. … Besides, it would be really nice to have a different woman.”
Whitman stayed away from basic, but her support of Democrats is not so unexpected. Last year, she carried out a campaign to Vice President of Kamali Harris in the Republic for Harris, Pennsylvania.
Her support emphasizes how the Republican Party in New Jersey has changed to the right Together with the National Party under Trump.
Jack Ciattarelli, nominated for GOP, won every county in this state, in victory, supported by Trump’s support. Ciattarelli, the third candidate, was in the past critical of Trump, but accepted him this year and took advantage of the party’s leader.
Whitman said Ciattarelli would “bring a magic full of force” to New Jersey. “To be honest, Jack changed from the person I knew a decades ago,” she said.
Governor Chris Christie, a republican state governor in 2010–2018, who was sharply critical of Trump after he was -a lid, became a attack line during GOP Primary, and the candidates sought to distance themselves. Christie formally did not support the candidate in the basic and In the past he clashed with Ciattarelli.
Whitman said that she hopes that the state would choose his second governor in November from Sherrill as a candidate and a democratic registration advantage of voters.
“Everyone can try – everything comes down to who comes out,” she said. “I think New Jersey shows that this is quite a clever state and we understand that women can do these work.”
