Is President Donald Trump about to score a huge political win by helping to elect a MAGA loyalist as governor in New Jersey, one the nation’s bluest states?

It could happen. The latest poll, from Emerson College, says that Republican Jack Ciattarelli has closed the gap with the Democrat, U.S. Rep. Mikie Sherrill, with just a month to go.

And that amazes me. Because Ciattarelli is not playing by the regular rules. He’s running hard-right, locking arms with the president and offering up a stridently conservative agenda in a blue state where Republicans make up just 25 percent of the vote. That has some political veterans scratching their heads.

“Maybe I’m old-fashioned, but I’m a sucker for the idea that you win elections by having the broadest appeal,” says Micah Rasmussen of Rider Uni

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