(CNN) – Republican Chris Christie touts his bipartisan record as governor of New Jersey in the first television commercial of his 2013 re-election bid.
Christie's campaign says they'll spend $1.2 million to run the 60-second spot, titled "Jersey Proud," starting Wednesday in the expensive New York City and Philadelphia markets, which cover most of the Garden State.
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(CNN) - New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie had some startling words for Mike Rice, the now-fired coach of Rutgers University, in a press conference Monday.
The Republican governor, known for his blistering remarks at times, argued the coach's behavior was "completely reprehensible" and animalistic.
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(CNN) - New Jersey voters are fans of their Republican governor, Chris Christie, but they're not as keen on the idea of the state's outspoken chief potentially running for president in 2016, a new survey indicates.
The Quinnipiac University poll also shows that the governor's weight is of little concern to Garden State voters, despite the strong attention surrounding his size and his possible bid for the White House.
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(CNN) – After a third grader asked Republican Gov. Chris Christie whether he plans to run for president in 2016, he responded with a question of his own.
"Do you work for MSNBC?" he joked at a town hall.
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(CNN) – A spokeswoman for Republican Gov. Chris Christie said Thursday that he "does not believe in conversion therapy" for homosexuals, but did not say whether the New Jersey governor plans to support a ban on the practice that's under consideration by state lawmakers.
"There is no mistaking his point of view on this when you look at his own prior statements where he makes clear that people's sexual orientation is determined at birth," Maria Comella, his spokeswoman, said.
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Washington (CNN) - New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie is defending his wife against criticism that the charity she helms is not distributing money fast enough to help victims still suffering after superstorm Sandy.
The governor's comments are raising eyebrows for what some see as an unfortunate irony: earlier this year Christie blasted Congress for not acting fast enough to provide relief funds for New Jersey's affected communities and businesses.
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(CNN) – It may not help him if he decides to run for the Republican presidential nomination, but a new poll suggests that Gov. Chris Christie's recent decision to accept Medicaid expansion as part of President Barack Obama's health care law is playing well at home in New Jersey, where Christie is up for re-election this November.
According to a Fairleigh Dickinson University PublicMind survey, nearly seven in 10 registered voters in the Garden State say that Christie's controversial decision to accept federal funding for the expansion of Medicaid to provide health care for those currently uninsured was the right move for New Jersey.
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(CNN) - The decision not to invite New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie to the Conservative Political Action Conference undermines the annual event's credibility, a New York Republican lawmaker said on Friday.
"That's a suicidal death wish," U.S. Rep. Peter King said on CNN's "The Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer."
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(CNN) - Gov. Chris Christie of New Jersey isn't shy about speaking out.
And in a Tuesday budget address, he offered some advice for government officials in the nation's capital.
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(CNN) - The expansion of Medicaid included in President Barack Obama's sweeping health care law was accepted by an eighth Republican governor Tuesday, despite the GOP's fierce opposition to the law as a whole.
New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, explaining he was aiming to put "people first," announced his support for the expansion of Medicaid as he outlined his budget in front of the New Jersey state legislature.
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