Trump Endorsement Could Make Or Break Key GOP Gubernatorial Primary

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

66% : Moreover, Kranjac has been a vocal supporter of Trump, even referring to himself as a "forever Trumper" in a Feb. 4 interview with the New Jersey Monitor.
52% : Trump -- a part-time New Jersey resident -- has yet to endorse any of the state's Republican gubernatorial candidates, leaving the majority of the contenders anxiously seeking out his support ahead of the June 10 primary.
52% : "President Trump has taken many encouraging actions on infrastructure, energy, securing the border and making the federal government more efficient in the first days of his administration," Bramnick said in a January statement.
40% : "Donald Trump is the X factor in this GOP primary," Ben Dworkin, director of the Rowan Institute for Public Policy & Citizenship, told the Associated Press on Saturday.
19% : Meanwhile, Bramnick has been a vocal critic of Trump, previously condemning the president's decision to pardon more than 1,500 Jan. 6 protestors.
18% : While both Spadea and Ciattarelli have previously criticized Trump, the two candidates have recently begun to express support for him, the AP reported.
8% : While Trump lost New Jersey in the 2024 presidential election, with former Vice President Kamala Harris notching 52.0% of the state's votes while Trump secured 46.1%, he notably narrowed the margin from 2020.

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