Former New Jersey Assemblyman Jack Ciattarelli won the state’s Republican gubernatorial primary on June 8. He will face Gov. Phil Murphy, a first-term Democrat, in the general election in November.
Ciattarelli defeated former Somerset County Freeholder Brian Levine, pastor Phil Rizzo, and businessman and perennial candidate Hirsh Singh. With 99 percent of the precincts reporting, Ciattarelli collected 49.6 percent of the vote, compared to 25.8 percent for Rizzo and 21.5 percent for Singh.
