- CHRISTIE, CHRISTOPHER J
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- Experience: Governor, State of New Jersey, 2010-present
- Home State: New Jersey
- Running: President, United States, 2016
- Total Raised: $8,741,586Coverage End: Thursday, June 30, 2016
- Winning: Won with 0.00%
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Personal
- Full Name: Christopher 'Chris' J. Christie
- Gender: Male
- Family: Wife: Mary Pat; 4 Children: Andrew, Sarah, Patrick, Bridget
- Birth Date: 09/06/1962
- Birth Place: Newark, NJ
- Home City: Mendham, NJ
- Religion: Roman Catholic
Education
- JD, School of Law, Seton Hall University, 1987
- BA, Political Science, University of Delaware, 1984
Political Experience
- Governor, State of New Jersey, 2010-present
- Director, Board of Freeholders, Morris County, 1997
- Freeholder, Morris County, 1995-1997
Professional Experience
- Attorney/Partner, Dughi, Hewit and Palatucci, Cranford Law Firm
- Liaison, Morris County, Department of Human Services
- United States District Attorney, New Jersey, 2002-2008
- Campaign Counsel, Bush for President Campaign, New Jersey, 2000
Religious, Civic, and other Memberships
- Coach, Little League Basketball
- Former Board Member, Mendham's Daytop Village
About Chris Christie
Christopher James “Chris” Christie was born in Newark, New Jersey, where he lived with his parents until the age of 5. At that time, his family moved to Livingston in the same state, where Christie lived until he graduated high school. After that, he went on to attend (and graduate from) the University of Delaware and Seton Hall School of Law before becoming a lawyer. Today, Christie also holds honorary doctorate degrees from Rutgers University and Monmouth University.
Christie served as the US Attorney for the District of New Jersey before running for and winning election to the office of Governor of that state – a position he still occupies, currently in his second term. With a reputation as a straight-talking, no-nonsense conservative who favors clarity over diplomacy (and at times even tact), Christie raised the ire of his fellows in the Republican party during his management of the Hurricane Sandy disaster in 2012. By publicly praising Barack Obama for the federal government's help during the crisis weeks before the presidential election, he markedly boosted the incumbent President's polling numbers. There are those in the GOP (and on the political right in general) who still blame him for Obama's reelection, and refuse to forgive him. This is of concern to the Governor, who has presidential aspirations and in fact is one of the likely frontrunners for the Republican nomination.
A conscientious conservative with positions agreeable to many Republicans, there are nevertheless caveats to some of Christie's opinions. He opposes the legalization of recreational marijuana – and has even referred to theoretical tax revenues from such a product as “blood money” - but he signed a bill allowing for medicinal cannabis use in New Jersey. He is against gay marriage, but believes homosexual couples should be allowed to form civil unions. And while he is now conditionally pro-life, Christie used to identify as “a non-thinking pro-choice person”. He says that the experience of hearing his unborn daughter's heartbeat in utero caused his views to evolve.
Christie earns One Pinocchio for this shift in rhetoric to fit the presidential issue du jour.
New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie’s rise in New Hampshire is finally starting to cut into some of his competitors, most conspicuously former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush.
Gov. Chris Christie conceded in a radio interview on Friday that he never sent a directive to state agencies to block Syrian refugees from being placed in New Jersey, saying he had no power to stop the federal government.
Despite his preferred mantra of "don't do stupid sh--" when it comes to foreign policy doctrine, President Barack Obama has "done some pretty stupid sh--" in his seven years in the White House, New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie said in an interview published Friday with The Atlantic's Jeffrey Goldberg.
"You don’t know, as you’re doing it, whether it’s stupid or not."
In his second major jab at Donald Trump in 24 hours, New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie slammed the Republican front-runner for his apparent mocking of New York Times reporter Serge Kovaleski, who has a muscular disability.
New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie adamantly refuted Donald Trump's claims that "thousands" of people cheered in New Jersey after the 9/11 attacks -- saying today that it "didn't happen."
A passenger was removed on Friday from a flight carrying New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie (R) and members of his staff, according to the presidential candidate's campaign.
New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio is blasting New Jersey governor and Republican presidential candidate Chris Christie for his opposition to the U.S. accepting Syrian refugees, calling Christie an “an embarrassment to this country” and accusing him of “playing to the cheap seats.”
New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie doesn’t want any Syrian refugees let into the United States — not even if they're orphaned toddlers.
For years, Chris Christie has been advocating treatment over incarceration for offenders who have addiction issues.
New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, a Republican presidential candidate, slammed former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on CBS's Face the Nation on Sunday, calling her "unaccountable."
Chris Christie’s (R) presidential campaign is pushing back on a Gawker report that said the New Jersey governor was asked to leave an Amtrak Quiet Car on his way to New York from Washington on Sunday morning because he was yelling.
The New Jersey governor is taking full advantage of Scott Walker's exit from the 2016 field.
New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie acknowledged on Monday morning that Americans are relating to Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump, but argued the approval is less about the billionaire real estate mogul himself and more about voters’ overall dissatisfaction with Washington D.C. politics.
Chris Christie blasted Hillary Clinton for her handling of the scandal surrounding the private email server she used while at the State Department, drawing a potentially perilous analogy to the Bridgegate scandal in his home state.
As a matter of political strategy, Americans for Tax Reform’s Grover Norquist came up with a pretty effective tactic when he crafted “the pledge.”
Gov. Chris Christie finally brought his New Jersey voice to the campaign for the GOP presidential nomination.
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