Source on the Republican Primary for Governor: 'It's Over'

InsiderNJ walked down the street Tuesday in New Jersey and ran into a Republican insider walking the other way.

"It's over," he said, referring to the Republican Gubernatorial Primary.

Of course, he was talking about the impact of that picture snapped and distributed over the weekend of Jack Ciattarelli grinning at the Trump National Golf Club with President Donald J. Trump.

Subsequently, over-the-road trucker Ed Durr, trying to occupy the MAGA lane, dropped out of the statewide contest, and state Senator Joe Pennacchio, former State Director for Trump's New Jersey Campaign, issued a statement of support for Ciattarelli.

The GOP insider claimed Ciattarelli's audience with Trump, which supposedly lasted 20 minutes, deoxygenates Bill Spadea, arguably the Republican frontrunner's chief rival for their party's nomination.

"Spadea's going out of his mind," the source said with a grin, before hurrying up the street.

Spadea too spent time over the weekend at the club but didn't get as close to the President or as cozy as Ciattarelli.

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