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Christopher Christie (born September 6, 1962, in Newark, New Jersey) was the Republican 55th governor of New Jersey. Christie was first elected governor in 2009, defeating Democratic incumbent Jon Corzine in the general election.
Jan 11, 2024 · Chris Christie, former governor of New Jersey and 2024 Republican presidential candidate, speaks during a campaign event at MaryAnn's Diner, Jan. 5, 2024, in Amherst, N.H.
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Christie won the 2009 Republican primary for Governor of New Jersey and defeated Democratic incumbent Jon Corzine in the general election. In his first term, he was credited with cutting spending, capping property tax growth and engaging in recovery efforts after Hurricane Sandy.
May 31, 2023 · How many terms did Chris Christie serve? In the 2009 New Jersey gubernatorial election, Christie defeated Democratic incumbent Gov. Jon Corzine.
- ”You could not have told anybody who was a Christie supporter that he wouldn’t be the Republican nominee,” a longtime Christie aide said to Matt Katz in trying to describe the way it felt in New Jersey in 2013.
- “I have regrets about every part of my life, Mark,” Christie told Mark Leibovich earlier this year. “And anybody who says they don’t is lying.”
- The name of the PAC supporting his candidacy is “Tell It Like It Is.”
- “One of the most intriguing political figures in America,” Matt Bai once wrote. “The most interesting person in American politics to cover,” said one of his biographers.
Governorship of Chris Christie. Chris Christie took office as the 55th Governor of New Jersey on January 19, 2010, began his second term on January 21, 2014, and left office on January 16, 2018.
Feb 17, 2013 · Stephen Chernin/Getty Images. Christie has makeup applied before a gubernatorial debate with Chris Daggett, center, and New Jersey Gov. Jon Corzine in October 2009. Mel Evans/AP. Christie...
