Assembly Republican leader Jon Bramnick is one of New Jersey's leading "Never Trumpers." It's a persona that's most certainly suited to his moderate record and instincts. But with the New Jersey Republican Party firmly locked in a trance perpetrated by exiting President Donald Trump, Bramnick now realizes he never had a real chance of becoming the GOP's standard bearer for governor in 2021. The Westfield lawyer refused to bow at the altar of Trump. And on Wednesday, Bramnick bowed out of the race. "As I travel throughout the state, I had come to believe my brand of bipartisan politics of civility is not all that helpful in a Republican primary,'' he said Wednesday with laughter that was mixed with irony and disbelief.