Trump holds tele-rallies for Virginia, New Jersey candidates on election eve

The president spoke highly of New Jersey gubernatorial candidate Jack Ciattarelli but did not mention Virginia GOP nominee Winsome Earle-Sears by name.

President Donald Trump made a last-minute push to boost Republican turnout in Tuesday's races for governor in New Jersey and Virginia, but he only mentioned one GOP hopeful by name.

While Trump talked up Jack Ciattarelli, his preferred candidate for governor in New Jersey, he did not name the Republican nominee for governor in Virginia: Winsome Earle-Sears. Instead, he broadly urged supporters to vote for the entire GOP ticket.

Trump endorsed Ciattarelli earlier this year, but has not endorsed Earle-Sears, the state's lieutenant governor. The president signaled Monday that he believes Ciattarelli has a better shot at winning on Election Day.

"You need to go out and vote for Jack Ciattarelli, who's a great guy, a friend of mine, a great guy, a very successful man, who wants to put all of his efforts now into really saving New Jersey, making it great again, saving it," Trump said on the New Jersey call, during which he spoke for just under nine minutes. "And he's going to do it. He'll be able to do it. The polls are looking really good."

Trump spoke for about eight minutes on a call with supporters in Virginia hosted by Republican Gov. Glenn Youngkin, touting his endorsed candidate for state attorney general.