Trump booster candidate for governor won't get public funds
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By MIKE CATALINI
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Associated Press
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Friday, April 23, 2021
TRENTON, N.J. (AP) - A New Jersey Republican gubernatorial candidate who has embraced former President Donald Trump failed to qualify for public matching funds, the state’s Election Law Enforcement Commission ruled this week.
Phil Rizzo’s application for public matching funds was filed late and did not meet the required spending threshold, according to a commission ruling Thursday. A message seeking comment was left Friday with Rizzo’s campaign.
Rizzo, a former real estate developer who now serves as a Christian pastor in Hoboken, is one of four GOP candidates running in the June 8 primary to face incumbent Democratic Gov. Phil Murphy in the fall general election.