Biden Calls NJ's Gov Race Most Important Election Before 2020
Former Vice President Joe Biden lent some star power to fellow Democrat Phil Murphy at a campaign rally in the race for New Jersey Governor.
"This is the single most important race in the country in the next three years, before the presidential race," Biden said at a "Get Out The Vote" rally in Lyndhurst Sunday.
New Jersey is one of only two states to hold elections for a new governor this year. The other is Virginia.
"The whole country — and without exaggeration, the world — is going to be looking," Biden said to the crowd of about 300 Democrats. "They’re going to look to decide whether or not America has bought into this crass and mean spirited, negative and uncomfortable rhetoric that we’ve been subject to."
Democratic voters in the crowd said it’s not just about who wins the race, but about how many people turn out on June 6.
“I thought Joe said all the right things and got us pumped and makes us want to get the job done in the nextnine9 days, said Elaine Reyes, a Murphy supporter. "We've got a lot of problems up there in Washington, so having a governor that could maybe inspire some change, represent us, it’s inspiring.”
Murphy told voters he would fight to “undo the damage that Gov. Christie has done,” and fight the “hostile administration coming out of Washington.”
“We’re going to need a governor — and I will be that governor — with a steel backbone who says to this president, ‘Mr. Trump, not in New Jersey you won’t do that.’”
Republican candidates Kim Guadagno and Jack Ciattarelli spent the long weekend courting voters at various beaches around the state.
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