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New Jersey Sen. Barbara Buono greets supporters on Feb. 2, 2013, as she officially kicks off her campaign for New Jersey governor with a rally in New Brunswick.
Buono Hits Christie With First TV Ad in New Jersey Race
Barbara Buono, the New Jersey Democrat waging a long-shot campaign to unseat Gov. Chris Christie, will launch her first television ad this week as she seeks to compete with the popular and well-funded Republican. Buono, 59, will spend over $1...
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New Jersey Governor Chris Christie speaks at a joint press conference on November 4, 2012 in Hoboken, New Jersey.
Christie Confronts 2016, Springsteen’s Bouncers, Fleece Jokes
The key to Chris Christie’s success? It must be the fleece. The New Jersey governor, a 50-year-old-old Republican who made headlines yesterday disclosing his secret weight-loss surgery, poked fun at his purported 2016 White House ambitions and the now-famous monogrammed...
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New Jersey Governor Chris Christie and Jon Bon Jovi attend the Overdose Prevention Act Bill signing at Barnert Medical Arts Complex on May 2, 2013 in Paterson, New Jersey.
Chris Christie’s Bon Jovi Gig — Latest in Long Parade of Democrats
Gov. Chris Christie, the New Jersey Republican who took political shots for embracing President Barack Obama days after Hurricane Sandy, brought in a little star power today as rocker Jon Bon Jovi co-headlined a bill-signing ceremony. The event, at which...
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Stephen Sweeney, president of the New Jersey State Senate, left, speaks at a news conference with Chris Christie, governor of New Jersey, at the Statehouse in Trenton, New Jersey, in this file photo.
`Trenton Shake:’ Democrats See One
Tom Kean Jr., the Republican leader in New Jersey’s state Senate, loves the Harlem Shake. At least the animated version of him that the state’s Democrats feature in a new video loves doing it all around the state. Senate President...
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Chris Christie, governor of New Jersey, presents his budget plan at the Statehouse in Trenton, N.J. on Feb. 26, 2013.
Christie on Obama’s Budget Cutting: ‘Feels Like He Should Get His Way’
Could it be? Could Chris Christie and Barack Obama’s new-found friendship be on the rocks? A day after conservatives spurned the Republican governor of New Jersey as a speaker for their annual gathering, he placed the blame for the looming...
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New Jersey Governor Chris Christie laughs with David Letterman when the governor makes his first visit to CBS' "Late Show with David Letterman," on Feb. 4.
Christie to Doctor: ‘Shut Up’
New Jersey Governor Chris Christie has some advice for the long-distance doctor who advises him to lose weight: “Shut up.” The Republican governor, speaking in Sea Girt today, commented on a news report of Connie Mariano, a physician who worked for...
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Mitch Behm, assistant inspector general of the U.S. Transportation Department, left, and Senator Frank Lautenberg, center, a Democrat from New Jersey, before the start of a Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee hearing in Washington.
Lautenberg Turns 89, Poll Negative
Frank Lautenberg might not be having such a good birthday: A new poll says the U.S. senator from New Jersey is vulnerable, and another high-ranking Democrat says he’s weighing whether to take on Gov. Chris Christie in November or seek...
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Gov. Chris Christie was good for Republicans’ bottom line heading into the November elections: Campaign finance regulators reported today the party’s largest political action committees doubled fundraising from the same period four years ago. The “Big Three” Republican fundraising committees...
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Chris Christie on Capitol Hill.
Christie Forgoes Public Funding After Raising $2.13 Million
This time, it’s Chris Christie’s turn to be the richest guy in the room. New Jersey’s Republican governor, who ran Jon Corzine out of Trenton in 2009 despite being outspent more than two-to-one, has opted to skip the state’s public...
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Chris Christie, governor of New Jersey, speaks to reporters at the Statehouse in Trenton, New Jersey, on Jan. 4, 2013.
Christie: Republican Soul-Searching Natural After Two Losses in Row
Chris Christie, the plain-spoken Republican governor of New Jersey who called out House Speaker John Boehner last week after the House delayed a vote on $60 billion in Hurricane Sandy aid, says his party is a bit disgruntled after back-to-back...
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