Phil Murphy and Jack Ciattarelli both pine for the Lakewood vote | Mulshine

 https://www.nj.com/opinion/2021/10/phil-murphy-and-jack-ciattarelli-both-pine-for-the-lakewood-vote-mulshine.html

 Last year, Republican Trump got the Vaad’s endorsement.

But this year the endorsement went to Democrat Gov. Phil Murphy in his race for re-election.

If Murphy were to win Lakewood by a margin similar to Trump’s, that would preclude any chances of an upset victory for his Republican opponent.

That’s why Murphy made a campaign stop in Lakewood the day before Ciattarell did.