not only did Chitterelli sweep the vote in all 21 counties the race was called in his favor just 17 minutes after the polls closed the former lawmaker thanked President Trump for his support during his victory speech last night a factor that all but sealed the deal in his decisive win and after having come just three points shy of defeating Governor Murphy in 2021 Chitterelli wasted no time getting right back on the trail senior correspondent Brenda Flanigan was there feeling great we've got work to do and today that work begins day one in Jack Chitterelli hit the ground running for governor at a Colombian bakery in Dover a solidly Democratic town where 75% of residents identify as Latino including Mexican Dominican and Puerto Rican the venue made perfect political sense chitterelli's primary victory was virtually assured after his endorsement by Donald Trump who posted a pat on the back on Truth Social the president pulled in 43% of Jerseys Latino vote last November according to the Associated Press do the math here in Dover the Hispanic conservative population is like an unclaimed jewel and uh we're hoping to get a lot of jack votes out of Dover the Hispanic community in New Jersey is critical to victory this November and we've seen over the last few years that in the state of New Jersey the Hispanic community has been gravitating more and more towards the Republican party and it's time to seal the deal new Jersey state GOP committee exec says Trump will campaign here beside Chidarelli in the president's fullcourt press to flip Jersey Red it's a referendum on Trump that'll unfold under a white hot media spotlight but the Somerville native savored his win last night chitterelli won yesterday's primary in a landslide with almost 68% of the Republican vote it's his third shot at the front office in Trenton and he took a preemptive strike against Democratic opponent Mikey Cheryl over the Trump factor mark my words while we focus on these key New Jersey issues my Democratic opponent will do everything in her power to change the subject trust me if this campaign were a drinking game and you took a shot every time Mikey Cheryl says Trump you're going to be drunk off your ass every day drunk off your ass every day between now and November 4th chidarelli called Charl quot quote Phil Murphy 2.0 and his campaign will seek to tire to what Republicans claim is a Democratic party legacy of high taxes unaffordability and woke liberal policies the gloves came off immediately on Chitterelli's new opposition website called Mikey Made Millions mikey Cheryl rich on stocks broke on FX aside from being in Congress and voting the way she did she also got filthy rich in Congress she tripled her net worth in Congress on $174,000 salary good luck explaining that to people who are struggling every day charles campaign replied "Jack is beginning his campaign with desperate lies mikey does not own or trade individual stocks and outside experts have said she's gone above and beyond house ethics rules."

Meanwhile Chidarelli told supporters he'll welcome Democrats and unaffiliated voters and he urged Republican unity after a bruising primary campaign against conservative talk show host Bill Spadia who won almost 22% of the vote but Spadia is not offering Chidarelli any support he slammed him last night they spent millions of dollars before we had raised our first dollars and they told a lot of lies and the attacks were vicious and it didn't help that the president of the United States came in and supported a never Trumper he didn't support me in 21 i really didn't expect him to support me here in 25 but if you look at the primary numbers the Republican party across this state is united we're going to win in November chitterelli's kickoff included multiple stops in several counties the start of what promises to be a bitter and expensive political battle for what's arguably one of the most powerful governorships in the nation i'm Brenda Flanigan NJ Spotlight News