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TOTOWA, NJ – Hours before voting, President Donald Trump made a final push in the New Jersey and Virginia elections, in an attempt to get out of the polls in a year where Trump did not vote.
The President will be looking at Tele-Rallies in the caucuses of New Jersey and Virginia, the only two states to hold a gubernatorial race the year after a presidential election.
The New Jersey and Virginia Gubernatorial ShowdowShy generally get the national attention mentioned in it and are seen as a key barometer before next year’s elections, where the GOP will defend its slim house and its thousands. And this year’s election is seen as an unprecedented first ballot box test.
“Jack will be a great governor, and he has my absolute and complete empire,” Trump wrote Sunday night in a social media post as he praised New Jersey Republican Guittarelli. “He will never let you down.”
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President Donald Trump, seen during a public event, in New Jersey, on May 11, 2024, poured a million dollars into the efforts of Friday and Virginia. (Hannah Beier/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
Ciattarelli narrowed the gap with Democratic rival Rep. Mikie Sherrill in Blue-Leating New Jersey, in a narrow Democratic victory race.
“We appreciate what the president is doing to find a happy base, and remind them that they should vote, as do all the new Jerseys hanging in the sun.
While Democrats have long dominated gubernatorial and state elections in New Jersey, Republicans have been very competitive in gubernatorial contests, winning five of the previous primary elections.
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While the President’s approval and favorability ratings remain underwater in New Jersey, Trump made huge gains in New Jersey in the last presidential election. He lost the state by just six percentage points, a huge improvement from his 16-point deficit earlier. And while Democrats continue to oust Republicans from the garden station, the GOP has made gains in voter registration since Ciattarelli came close to upsetting Murphy four years ago.
Republican gubernatorial nominee Jack Ciattarelli speaks to supporters at the Tavern in Totowa, New Jersey, on Election Day Eve, November 3, 2025. (Paul Steinhauser/Fox News)
Ciattarelli’s Tele-Rally follows the same a week and a half ago, on the day of early voting. The purpose of these Tele-Rallies is to help energize Maga’s supporters, many of whom are low-level voters who tend to cast their votes in years of non-Presidential leadership.
Trump’s Tele-Rally in New Jersey Last month he placed Robocalls to more than 180,000 people, encouraging them to join the tele-rally and get out and vote.
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“Republicans need to raise all the Trump supporters they can get. It’s been clear over the last several election cycles that the Republican base is showing up,” Veteran GOP Hunger veteran Stepharient told FOX news.
Hunt, a former Repuse Rule Repeals Association Director, said that “in order to win in competitive states like New Jersey or Virginia, you have to make sure that every trump voter who was there in 2024 shows up to vote.”
Trump endorsed Ciattarelli ahead of the June GOP Gubernatorial Primary, with his support helping Ciattarelli to an easy victory.
Republican gubernatorial nominee Winsome Earle-Seets makes pancakes at Shorty’s Diner alongside GOP Governor Glenn Nsin of Virginia, November 03, 2025, in Richmond, Virginia. (anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)
But Trump refused to acknowledge that the Republican gubernatorial nominee in Virginia, Lt. Gov. Winsome Sears.
Earle-Sears is facing Democratic Rep. Abigail Spanberger in the race for Gop Golv.
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Trump and Genn Shinn held a Thursday Tele-Rally for the entire Virginia Republican ticket, which included Lt. Gov.
Similar to New Jersey, Trump also lost Virginia in the last presidential election but made significant gains compared to his elimination in 2020 in the state.
“Virginia and New Jersey, remember this: Republican voting means lower energy prices,” Trump argued on social media. “Failure to vote tomorrow is the same as voting Democrat.”
Trump’s Monday evening comes as the President is also making the final investment of a variety of dollars for Tuesday’s state elections in New Jersey and Virginia.
Trump’s political team has made withdrawals from the President’s political war chest, with New Jersey and Virginia each receiving nearly $1 million in get-out-the-vote efforts, FOX News confirmed this weekend.
“What you’ve seen in the last few days is the president and all of our Republican forces putting more money behind our efforts to get our votes,” said the Chairman of the Rectue Republican Party; “
Meanwhile, the Democratic National Committee has managed more than $7 million – a record for the party – to win the vote and is organizing efforts in New Jersey, Virginia and Pennsylvania, where the Democrats are Fighting and saving three high court seats.
“I’ve always taken the position that every election is important, whether it’s a successful year, whether it’s a local election, a local election, every inch of the world you get here,” added Fox News Digital last week.
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And Martin is confident his party’s investment in the 2025 general election will pay off.
“I expect we will win those elections in New Jersey and Virginia,” he said. “We feel a good bully about our chances.”
