GOP’s New Jersey Senate candidate has establishment backing but not Trump’s

Published September 21, 2024 3:47pm ET



New Jersey Republican Senate candidate Curtis Bashaw has the backing of the party establishment’s most influential leaders, with the exception of former President Donald Trump.

Bashaw beat the Trump-endorsed Christine Serrano Glassner, the wife of former Trump adviser Michael Glassner, in the Republican primary. Since then, Trump has been quiet on the New Jersey Senate race, which features Bashaw against Democratic favorite, Rep. Andy Kim (D-NJ).

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