By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Ex-U.S. Attorney Christopher Christie, the Republican challenger who had vowed to clean up public corruption, defeated the Democratic incumbent Jon Corzine for the New Jersey governor’s seat on Tuesday. Chrisite defeated Corzine in a hard fought race full of mudslinging, and in a contest many saw as a referendum on the…
Gov. Jon S. Corzine/campaign photo By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Slinging mud right til the end, New Jersey’s Democratic Governor Jon S. Corzine told the New York Times he regretted supporting the nomination of Christopher S. Christie for U.S. Attorney back in 2001. “New information, new conclusion,” Corzine told the Times about Christie, his Republican challenger…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com In New Jersey, a landscape flush with plenty corruption, former U.S. Attorney Chris Christie entered the gubernatorial race as a crime buster out to rescue the state. But in the past few months, his Democratic opponent Jon Corzine and the media have done plenty to try and tarnish that image, accusing…
Public corruption has long plagued New Jersey. Now it’s certain to come up in the governor’s race. Claire Heininger, Josh Margo and Josh Margolin Newark Star-Ledger A week ago, Gov. Jon Corzine was riding high, beaming onstage as President Obama heartily endorsed his re-election. Yesterday, a grim-faced Corzine stepped to another podium to address a…
The ex-U.S. Attorney has a good brand name and is likely to give the incumbent Jon S. Corzine a run for his money. In fact, Christie leads in polls against Corzine. But the race is still young. Would a Republican victory give the Republican party a glimmer of hope after a poor showing at the…
