New Jersey Governor Chris Christie says he wants to hold a special election in October to fill the U. S. Senate seat left vacant by Frank Lautenberg's death.

新泽西州长克里斯·克里斯蒂称，他意图在10月份举行补选填补由于弗兰克·劳坦柏死亡导致的参议院空席。

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The president made a recent campaign swing to New Jersey where the state's incumbent Democratic governor, John Corzine,is locked in a tight race with Republican candidate Chris Christie and independent contender Chris Dagget.

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Several governors who are usually proponents of fiscal responsibility including New Jersey's Chris Christie, Florida's Rick Scott, Ohio's John Kasich and Michigan's Rick Snyder, among others are ignoring the cliff on the horizon and stepping on the gas when they should be hitting the brake.

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Lamentably, the two governors involved in this drama, New Jersey's Chris Christie and New York's Andrew Cuomo, have done nothing to stop the Port Authority's shameless gambit to squeeze more money out of a charity to which 900, 000 mostly small donors have contributed.

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He represents the GOP's new generation of reformers that includes such Governors as Louisiana's Bobby Jindal and New Jersey's Chris Christie.

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