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Donald Trump this week has scored endorsements from New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, Maine Gov. Paul LePage, former Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer and Reps. Chris Collins and Duncan Hunter. | Getty GOP chairman in Bush-connected Greenwich endorses Trump

The top Republican Party official in Greenwich, Conn., a town with ancestral ties to the Bush family, is backing Donald Trump’s presidential campaign.

Republican Town Committee Chairman Jim Campbell endorsed Trump even before Jeb Bush suspended his presidential campaign following a disappointing finish in South Carolina last week.

“Sure, Greenwich is the home of the Bush family. But as we’ve seen, this is not the year for another Bush,” Campbell told Hearst Connecticut Media. Bush's grandfather Prescott, who represented Connecticut in the U.S. Senate for over a decade, lived in Greenwich, and the state GOP's big annual fundraiser is still named after him.

Connecticut doesn’t vote in the primary until April 26, but Campbell, who initially supported Scott Walker for president last year, suggested there’s a lot of unannounced support for the billionaire in the state.

“I just think there’s a lot of people supporting Donald and don’t want to say so,” Campbell said in the interview. “I think he offers the best opportunity for our party to recapture the White House and provide new leadership. He’s speaking directly to voters’ concerns, from enforcing our laws at the border to standing up for our country overseas and fighting to restore our economy.”

Trump this week has scored endorsements from New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, Maine Gov. Paul LePage, former Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer and Reps. Chris Collins and Duncan Hunter.