Former New Jersey Governor Chris Christie worked with Democrats to pass state budgets for years. Do Republican primary voters care? Nightly reports 👇
Former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie speaks at a town hall-style event at the New Hampshire Institute of Politics on June 6. | Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images— Chris Christie wants voters to know he’s more than just a guided missile. He’s also got a standout resume with a credential no one else in the field can match: an ability to work productively with the enemy.
“I governed in a blue state — one of the bluest states in this country — as a two-term Republican governor,” he said in a CNN town hall last month. “I got reelected in that blue state with 61 percent of the vote. What’s that tell you? I made things happen. I know how to make things happen.” And long before his popularity plummeted to a historic low in his home state, Christie was so popular that he earned prominent Democratic endorsements — supporters who were dubbed “Christiecrats.”
As president, Trump had Republican majorities in the House and Senate his first two years, but Democrats flipped the House in his midterm. But Christie can’t sidestep the fact his biggest policy achievements were done working with Democrats. Every budget had to be negotiated with the opposing party, and Christie famously resisted tax increases.
Christie’s voluble personality and his policy achievements worked in his favor early in his tenure, when he was courted to run for president as a presumed frontrunner against then-President Barack Obama in 2012. He declined and instead pursued reelection in New Jersey, reaching popularity upwards of 70 percent after Superstorm Sandy and winning 61 percent of the vote — the second-highest percentage in state history.
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