Chris Christie
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Christopher James Christie (born September 6, 1962) is an American politician, former federal prosecutor, and political commentator who served as the 55th Governor of New Jersey from 2010 to 2018.
Christie was born in Newark, New Jersey, and raised in Livingston, New Jersey.
He received a J.D. after graduating from the University of Delaware in 1984.
The University of Seton Hall University School of Law is a university in the United States.
Christie, a Republican, was elected county freeholder (legislator) for Morris County, New Jersey, from 1995 to 1998.
He had campaigned for Presidents George H. Bush and George W. Bush; the former named him United States Attorney for New Jersey, a post he held from 2002 to 2008. Christie won the 2009 Republican primary for Governor of New Jersey and defeated Democratic incumbent Jon Corzine in the general election.
He was credited with lowering spending, capping property tax growth, and aiding in recovery efforts following Hurricane Sandy in his first term.
In 2013, he was re-elected by a large margin.
Christie's reputation was harmed by the Fort Lee lane closures during his second term as governor.
He ranked as one of the country's most popular governors at the time.
During the 2014 election cycle, Christie chaired the Republican Governors Association.
He declared his candidacy for the Republican nomination in the 2016 presidential race on June 30, 2015.
On February 10, 2016, he halted his candidacy.
Later, he endorsed eventual winner Donald Trump and was named in charge of Trump's transition planning team.
Christie resigned as Governor of New Jersey in 2018 at the end of his second term.
Early life and education
Christie was born in Newark, New Jersey, to Sondra A. (née Grasso), a telephone receptionist, and Wilbur James "Bill" Christie, a registered public accountant who graduated from Rutgers Business School, was among the Grasso's graduates. His mother was of Italian (Sicilian) ancestry, and his father is of German, Scottish, and Irish descent. Christie's family migrated to Livingston, New Jersey, after the 1967 Newark riots, and Christie lived there until he graduated from Livingston High School in 1980. Christie, the class president, was catcher for the baseball team, and was elected as a New Jersey representative to the United States Senate Youth Program at Livingston, Massachusetts.
Christie's father and mother were both Republican and Democratic. He has credited his Democratic-leaning mother for indirectly making him a Republican by encouraging him to volunteer for the gubernatorial candidate who became his role model, Tom Kean. Since the politician, then a state senator, spoke to Christie's junior high school class, Christie had piqued interest in Kean, she had become interested in the state legislature.
Christie earned a Bachelor of Arts in political science in 1984; while there, he served as president of the student body. He obtained a J.D. degree from Seton Hall University School of Law. In 1987, there was no such thing as a pioneer in the United States. In December 1987, he was admitted to the New Jersey State Bar Association and the Bar of the United States District Court, District of New Jersey. In 2010, Rutgers University and Monmouth University granted honorary doctorate degrees.
Personal life
Christie married Mary Pat Foster, a University of Delaware freshman, in 1986. They shared a studio apartment in Summit, New Jersey, after marrying. Mary Pat Christie embarked on a career in investment banking and then spent time at Cantor Fitzgerald, a Wall Street company; she left the company in 2001 after the September 11 attacks. Angelo, Gordon & Co's managing director, was a managing director until April 2015 as a managing director at the Wall Street investment company Angelo, Gordon & Co.
Christie and Mary Pat have four children: Andrew (b. ), Andrew (b. Sarah (b. 1993): Sarah (b. b. Patrick, 1996) (b.). Bridget (b. ) and Ink (b). 2003: (M.D.) The family lives in Mendham Township.
Christie has enjoyed coaching Little League, watching the New York Mets, and attending Bruce Springsteen concerts (141 of them). The New York Knicks, New York Rangers, and the Dallas Cowboys are among Christie's other favorite sports franchises. He is a practicing Catholic and a member of St. Joseph's Catholic Church.
Eugene Robinson, a columnist, used the term "imposely obese" to describe Christie in 2011, quoting medical guidelines published by the National Institutes of Health. Christie himself was reportedly worried about his weight and its consequences for his wellbeing, although he referred to himself as being generally healthy. Christie underwent lap-band stomach surgery in February 2013 and reported the surgery to the New York Post in May of this year.
Christie tested positive for COVID-19 on October 3, 2020, and the Morristown Medical Center in New Jersey the same day, citing asthma as the root of the patient's health problem. Christie was released from the hospital on October 10, according to the hospital. Christie revealed in his book "Reality," that Donald Trump called him while he was being hospitalized, asking, "Are you gonna say it from me?"
Post-gubernatorial career
Christie began contributing to ABC News in January 2018 as a regular network contributor. William Barr was eventually chosen in November 2018 after being announced that he was being considered for the position of United States Attorney General by the Trump administration, but it was not confirmed. Christie said he did not want to be considered for the position of White House Chief of Staff after speaking with Trump in December 2018.
In January 2019, Christie wrote Let Me Finish. He was also selected for the Sports Betting Hall of Fame in honor of his efforts to reverse the Professional and Amateur Sports Protection Act, the federal law prohibiting single-game wagers outside of Nevada.
Christie said in May 2020 that steps taken during the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States should be lifted for economic reasons. "Of course, everybody wants to save every life they can, but the question remains, how can we get to the end?" Is there any way we can... thread the middle here to tell that there will be deaths and that there will be deaths, and that there will be deaths regardless of what?"
In June 2020, Christie registered as a lobbyist. He was paid $240,000 for lobbying on behalf of a Tennessee-based chain of addiction treatment clinics and three New Jersey hospital systems seeking federal funding during the COVID-19 pandemic.
After the January 6, 2021 attack on the US Capitol, Christie distanced himself from Donald Trump. Christie advised Republicans to abandon their most radical characteristics, including QAnon, white supremacists, and election fraud conspiracy theorists in a speech at the Ronald Reagan Library in Simi Valley, California, on September 9, 2021.
Christie joined the board of directors of the New York Mets front office in March 2021.