Chris Christie

Christopher James Chris Christie is an American attorney, politician and member of the Republican Party who has been the 55th Governor of New Jersey since January 2010. His term ends January 23, 2018.

Christie was born in Newark, New Jersey, the son of Sondra A. , a telephone receptionist, and Wilbur James Bill Christie, a certified public accountant. His father is of German, Scottish, and Irish descent, and his mother was of Sicilian ancestry. Christies family moved to Livingston, New Jersey, after the 1967 Newark riots, and Christie lived in Livingston until he graduated from Livingston High School in 1980. At Livingston High School, Christie served as class president, and played catcher for the baseball team. Christies father and mother were Republican and Democratic, respectively. He has credited, however, his Democraticleaning mother for indirectly making him a Republican by encouraging him in 1977 to volunteer for the gubernatorial candidate who became his role model Tom Kean. Christie had become interested in Kean after Kean, then a state legislator, spoke to Christies class while Christie was in junior high school.

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