A Cape May, New Jersey real estate developer beat Trump-endorsed MAGA candidate Christine Serrano-Glassner to take the Republican New Jersey Senate nomination, dealing another blow to the armor of Donald Trump among traditional moderate Republicans.
In a battle of two largely self-funded candidates, Curtis Bashaw spent more than $1.4 million to defeat Serrano-Glassner, who didn’t even shell out one-third of that to buy the nomination, according to the New Jersey Globe. The political neophyte’s victory is even more hurtful to Trump because Bashaw entered the late race and quickly secured top-line status on the ballot in eleven heavily populated counties. New Jersey’s county Party leaders get to decide who appears on the top line of the ballot, giving that character a defacto endorsement and a major advantage.
Bashaw will now take on popular Congressman Andy Kim and guy who says the gold bars belong to his wife Bob Menendez, if Menendez isn’t convicted in his ongoing corruption trial. Menendez’s son, Robert, easily won his Congressional Democratic primary for reelection to his 8th District seat.