Former New Jersey Governor Chris Christie will seek the 2024 Republican presidential nomination, according to a filing made on Tuesday with U.S. Federal Election Commission (FEC).
Christie will make an official announcement tonight at 6:30 during a town-hall style event in New Hampshire.
This will be Christie’s second presidential campaign, and leading up to today’s announcement, has billed himself as the only candidate willing to go after former President Donald Trump.
In his 2016 presidential race, Christie dropped out after finishing 6th place in the New Hampshire primary.
Christie’s announcement comes just one day before former Vice President Mike pence officially enters the race as well.
Other Republican candidates include former South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley, former Arkansas Governor Asa Hutchinson and South Carolina Senator Tim Scott.
North Dakota Governor Doug Burgum is also expected to join the race this week.
Christie was first elected New Jersey governor in 2009, knocking out Democratic incumbent Jon Corzine and coasted to an easy reelection in 2013.
He previously served as US attorney for New Jersey from 2002 to 2008.
Someone is desperately looking for something to do
Back stabber can’t be trusted all for himself
His time to run was 2012. He didn’t want to challenge Obama and now he is past his prime.
For all those says Desantis shouldn’t run against Trump, rather wait 4 more years, Christie is a perfect example why that’s a bad idea.
When asked why he announced his candidacy from in between the curtains of a voting booth, former Governor Christie told reporters on Tuesday: “It wasn’t supposed to be that way. In fact, I had already announced my candidacy, and walked off the stage, when a group of supporters of mine called out to me and asked me to make a curtain call. Well, I couldn’t find any other curtain other than the voting booth curtain. So I went into the voting booth, and announced my candidacy a second time from in between the curtains, as my constituents had asked of me.”
“I felt awkward making the announcement from the voting booth, with my head protruding from the curtains,” Christie said, “but that’s what my constituents wanted, and I wasn’t about to disappoint them.”
“It was the strangest situation I’ve ever been in,” he said. “Hopefully I’ll never have to do that again.”
Any bets on how long it will take him to drop out, and how much campaign debt he will accrue before he does?