NEW JERSEY DEMOCRATIC STATE COMMITTEE

Christie Spends 47 Days on the Campaign Trail After Declining to Run for President

(Trenton)- On October 4, 2011, Governor Chris Christie announced that he would not run for President in 2012. Christie said, “I've made this commitment to my state. I'm just not prepared to walk away.” Since then, Christie has spent at least 47 days out of state campaigning or attending partisan events. This number does not include Christie’s personal or non-political travel. Today, a year to the day since he announced he would stay in New Jersey, Christie is in Washington campaigning for Rob McKenna. Assemblyman John Wisniewski, Chairman of the New Jersey Democratic State Committee, released the following statement about Christie’s campaign travel in the last year:
“A year ago, Governor Christie told New Jersey voters that he would not seek the presidency and would instead continue to do his job in Trenton. But since October 4, 2011, Governor Christie has spent at least 47 days out of state on the campaign trail. In addition to multiple fundraisers in Washington, DC, Christie has campaigned in 24 states, including New Hampshire, Iowa, South Carolina, and Florida. Today he’s on the campaign trail again in Washington, and this weekend he’ll add two new states and two more days to that total when he leaves Washington to campaign in Montana, North Dakota, and Michigan.

Christie didn’t decline to run for President out of loyalty to our state and the voters. He made a political calculation to use his title and office to build a national political brand now in order to run for President in 2016. The people of New Jersey deserve better than this.”