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How N.J. native Conway got Trump over the finish line

GOP strategist Kellyanne Conway

By Brent Johnson | NJ Advance Media for NJ.com
on November 09, 2016 at 5:53 PM, updated November 10, 2016 at 12:35 AM

TRENTON — She’s the New Jersey native who can now say she helped pull off the improbable: getting Donald Trump elected president.

Less than four months after Trump hired her as his third campaign manager, Kellyanne Conway watched the Republican nominee stun the world by beating Democrat Hillary Clinton on Tuesday night.

And political experts say Conway was a major reason why.

“She played a huge role,” said Ben Dworkin, director of the Rebovich Institute for New Jersey Politics at Rider University. “She got him across the finish line. She convinced him to stay on message. She was more effective at managing Donald Trump than anyone else.”

Conway, who grew up in the Atco section of Waterford Township in Camden County, was hired in August, at a time when Trump was suffering from gaffes and drooping poll numbers.

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