Kim Guadagno will not be the Acting Governor today. Chris Christie is returning to the Soprano State to raise money to stimulate the New Hampshire economy.
NorthJersey.com reports that Christie’s fundraiser is being hosted by two registered Democrats and will be held at the Saddle River home of a deceased trucking magnate who was once convicted of racketeering in a case involving payoffs to the Genovese crime family.
Columba Bush, wife of former Florida Governor Jeb Bush will also be in Saddle River tonight. The former Florida First Lady will be joining Jets owner Woody Johnson and State Senator Joe Kyrilllos in raising funds for husband’s presidential campaign at the home of of clothing manufacturer George Altirs and his wife Elisabeth, according to the NorthJersey.com report.
TRENTON — Republican front-runner Donald Trump hurled an attack at Gov. Chris Christie over Twitter Monday morning, accusing the governor of spending too much time away from his day job. The billionaire businessman questioned how Christie is running the “deeply troubled” state of New Jersey when he’s “spending all of his time” in New Hampshire. The… Read the rest of this entry »
ORLANDO, Fla. — In the wake of the deadly terrorist attacks that rocked Paris, Gov. Chris Christie offered one of his fiercest rebukes of President Obama’s strategy to defeat terrorism here and abroad, and vowed Saturday to be a president who puts the “safety, security and freedom” of Americans first before all else. The governor, speaking… Read the rest of this entry »
TRENTON — Donald Trump compared the “pathological temper” that Republican presidential rival Ben Carson claims to have had in his youth to the sickness of a “child molester” during a television interview Thursday. Later in the day, Trump declared during a rally in Iowa that he would “bomb the s**t out of ISIS.” And in his… Read the rest of this entry »
TRENTON — Trump/Christie in 2016? It’s a possibility, Donald Trump told a crowd in New Hampshire on Wednesday, according to a report by NBC News. As Trump made an appearance at a political speaker series in Manchester, a man in the crowd asked the billionaire businessman and Republican presidential candidate if he’d given any thought to… Read the rest of this entry »
SOMERSWORTH, N.H. — Gov. Chris Christie was edged out of the upcoming GOP debate’s main stage event scheduled for Tuesday, delivering a major blow to the struggling campaign that had just begun showing signs of gaining momentum. The line was announced Thursday night on Fox Business just as Christie campaigned in New Hampshire, where the latest… Read the rest of this entry »
WASHINGTON — Retired neurosurgeon Ben Carson led Donald Trump in a poll of likely Republican caucus goers released Friday, the second survey in two days to show the businessman and national GOP front-runner falling out of first place in the initial 2016 contest for convention delegates. The Des Moines Register/Bloomberg Politics Iowa Poll gave Carson 28… Read the rest of this entry »
NEWTON, Iowa — Despite being reelected in a landslide, Gov. Chris Christie told a lunchtime crowd at an Iowa town hall Wednesday that serving as a U.S. Attorney was actually “the best job I’ve ever had.” With 102 days and 6 hours left before the crucial GOP Iowa Caucus, Christie also told those assembled to focus… Read the rest of this entry »
WASHINGTON — Retired neurosurgeon Ben Carson closed to within a virtual tie with businessman Donald Trump among likely Republican presidential primary voters in a poll out Tuesday that also showed a drop in support for Gov. Chris Christie. The Fox News survey gave Trump 24 percent and Carson 23 percent. The 1-point difference is within the… Read the rest of this entry »
WASHINGTON — Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker on Monday ended his presidential campaign, which means one less rival for Gov. Chris Christie. Like Christie, Walker is a sitting governor and had support in the party’s establishment wing. As chairman of the Republican Governors Association, Christie helped Walker win re-election last fall and could be in a position… Read the rest of this entry »