This article is about an American politician and formal federal persecutor, who served as Governor of New Jersey until 2018. Of course, we’re talking about Chris Christie. Her you can find out everything about his life, career, and estimated income.
Early Life
Source: Politico
Christopher James Christie was born on September 6, 1962. He grew up in New Jersey.
Talking about his education, he graduated from the University of Delaware and then went on to earn a J.D. at Seton Hall University School of Law.
Career
Source: Vanity Fair
Before becoming a part of the Office, Christie specialized in securities law, election law, government affairs, and appellate practice at the law firm of Dughi, Hewit & Palatucci. Several years after operating there, he was named one of the firm’s partners.
He was a member of the Election Law Committee of the New Jersey State Bar Association. Also, for the period from 1999 to 2001, he was registered as a statehouse lobbyist for Hewit and Dughi.
During President George H. W. Bush’s re-election campaign in 1992, Christie decided to run for office. However, his campaign met its end after John H. Dorsey challenged the validity of his petition to appear on the ballot.
Two years later, he was elected as Republican for Morris County’s Board of Chosen Freeholders, otherwise known as legislators. Unfortunately, he had met difficulties as the defeated side filed lawsuits against him. The reasons behind this were his incorrect statements made during the primary campaign.
As a freeholder, he voted to raise open space tax for land preservation. Despite this, the whole of the county’s taxes got decreased by 6.6% during his tenure. Also, he was against the architect hired to design a new jail. Due to this, the said architect even sued Christie, who had cost him the job but then dropped the suit without any further explanation.
With attorney Rick Merkt by his side, he ran against Anthony Bucco and Michael Partick Carrol for a seat in the New Jersey General Assembly. But, he had lost that battle.
During Bush’s 2000 presidential election, he was chosen to be the campaign lawyer for New Jersey, his home country.
Finally, taking a seat in the office, after six years of working as U.S. Attorney, he had taken office. He had made terrorism and public corruption his priority. Christie’s office convicted over 130 public officials guilty for the federal crime, both Republican and Democratic.
He often mentions the prosecution of the planners for the averted 2007 Fort Dix attack plot as the highlight of his career.
As mentioned at the beginning of this article, Christie was the Governor of New Jersey from 2010 to 2018. Former Governor Thomas Kean helped this gubernatorial campaign. In the end, he defeated opponent Jon Corzine.
Source: Axios
During his time as governor, he opposed gay marriages but supported civil unions for same-sex couples. This means that, in Christie’s opinion, it was okay for the same-sex couples to, for example, live together, but not to get married. Here is the quote from 2009: “I also believe marriage should be exclusively between one man and one woman,” and “If a bill legalizing same-sex marriage came to my desk as Governor, I would veto it.” This happened in 2012.
In 2013, he signed a bill outlawing gay conversion therapy for children. However, a pan of the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals upheld said law, as they did not find it violating religious rights nor free speech.
As far as another dust-lifting subject is concerned- abortion, Christie’s was very clear about where he stood. “I am pro-life,” he had stated clearly, but noted that he would not use his position to, as he put it, “force that down people’s throats”.
To prove the high impact of Chris Christie’s career, we will quote Pat Meehan, Philadelphia U.S. Attorney: “If you were to create a list of the U.S. attorneys who have had the greatest impact, Chris would be one of the top two or three names I’d put on it.”
Source: Page Six
Chris Christie Net Worth 2024 and Personal Life
He is married to Mary Pat, a managing director at Angelo, Gordon & Co. The couple has four children- Andrew, Patrick, Sarah, and Bridget.
Our sources estimate that politician Chris Christie’s net worth in 2024 is $5 million.
