- 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.
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