Former Gov. Whitman among 150 Republicans ready to ditch GOP for new political party over the ‘big lie’
Updated May 13, 2021;
Posted May 13, 2021
Former Gov. Christine Todd Whitman at home in Tewksbury in 2019. (Patti Sapone | NJ Advance Media for NJ.com) Patti Sapone | NJ Advance Media
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Former Gov. Christie Todd Whitman’s family farm in Hunterdon County, known as Pontefract, has been an epicenter of Republican politics for generations.
It’s where Whitman’s father lived as he headed the New Jersey Republican State Committee and became one its biggest benefactors. It’s where her mother served stints as president of the New Jersey Federation of Republican Women and vice chairwoman of the Republican National Committee.