Jack Ciattarelli, the former lawmaker who nearly unseated Gov. Phil Murphy four years ago and this time scored the endorsement of President Donald Trump, easily won Tuesday’s bitter primary election for the Republican nomination to become New Jersey’s next governor.

Former New Jersey Assemblyman Jack Ciattarelli won the Republican primary for governor Tuesday, CBS News projects. Ciattarelli, who President Trump endorsed in May, emerged from a crowded field that included former Englewood Cliffs Mayor Mario Kranjac, longtime radio host Bill Spadea, contractor Justin Barbera and state Sen. Jon Bramnick.

Jack Ciattarelli, a Republican endorsed last month by President Trump, easily won his party’s nomination on Tuesday to run for governor of New Jersey in November.