Help us improve in just 2 minutes—share your thoughts in our reader survey.
Chris Christie presidential campaign, 2016/Endorsements
From Ballotpedia
Ballotpedia's scope changes periodically, and this article type is no longer actively created or maintained. It may also contain neutrality issues.
 Chris Christie |
Governor of New Jersey (2010-2018) U.S. Attorney for New Jersey (2002-2008) |
 Republican candidate: |
2028 • 2024 • 2020 • 2016 |
| Endorsements of 2016 presidential candidate Chris Christie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name | Status | Job title | Date | Source |
| Shawn Jasper | Incumbent | New Hampshire Commissioner of Agriculture | February 2016 | Politico |
| Kim Guadagno | Former officeholder | Lieutenant Governor of New Jersey | June 2015 | NJ.com |
| Susan Brooks | Incumbent | U.S. House, Indiana, District 5 | December 2015 | Christie2016 |
| Patrick Meehan | Incumbent | U.S. House, Pennsylvania, District 7 | July 2015 | The Hill |
| Leonard Lance | Incumbent | U.S. House, New Jersey, District 7 | June 2015 | NJ.com |
| Tom MacArthur | Incumbent | U.S. House, New Jersey, District 3 | June 2015 | NJ.com |
| Frank LoBiondo | Incumbent | U.S. House, New Jersey, District 2 | June 2015 | NJ.com |
| Peter Bragdon | Former Member | New Hampshire State Senate, District 11 | January 2016 | New Hampshire Union Leader |
| Dick Hinch | Incumbent | New Hampshire House of Representatives, Hillsborough 21 | December 2015 | New Hampshire Union Leader |
| Sherman Packard | Incumbent | New Hampshire House of Representatives, Rockingham 5 | December 2015 | New Hampshire Union Leader |
| Click here for the full list of endorsements for Chris Christie. | ||||
- On November 28, 2015, Chris Christie won the endorsement of the New Hampshire Union Leader. Publisher Joseph McQuaid wrote, “As a U.S. attorney and then a big-state governor, he is the one candidate who has the range and type of experience the nation desperately needs. We don't need another fast-talking, well-meaning freshman U.S. senator trying to run the government. We are still seeing the disastrous effects of the last such choice. Chris Christie is a solid, pro-life conservative who has managed to govern in liberal New Jersey, face down the big public unions, and win a second term. Gov. Christie can work across the aisle, but he won't get rolled by the bureaucrats. We don't need as President some well-meaning person from the private sector who has no public experience. Gov. Christie is right for these dangerous times. He has prosecuted terrorists and dealt admirably with major disasters. But the one reason he may be best-suited to lead during these times is because he tells it like it is and isn't shy about it. ...Gov. Chris Christie is exactly the conservative Republican needed to take the fight to Hillary Clinton next fall and then get about the serious business of defending us and rebuilding our economy.”[1] USA Today called the endorsement "potentially critical". The paper said, "Christie has been struggling to gain traction in the polls and was, in the most recent debate, bumped from the main stage because he’s been languishing in the single digits. The endorsement is the clearest example of how Christie is getting another look from primary voters in the wake of the terrorist attacks in Paris that have thrust national security issues to the forefront of the 2016 primaries. As a former U.S. attorney for New Jersey, Christie prosecuted terror cases."[2]
Recent news
This section links to a Google news search for the term Chris + Christie + Endorsements
See also
Footnotes
