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President Donald Trump has picked Christopher Wray, a former Justice Department official and Gov. Chris Christie's personal lawyer during the Bridgegate affair, to be the next FBI director. Although Christopher Wray, President Trump's choice to lead the FBI, wasn't the most high-profile Bridgegate lawyer, he emerged as a public figure just after the public learned that a key piece of possible evidence - Gov. Chris Christie's personal cell phone - would be forever kept from public view.
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A wealthy former Goldman Sachs executive and Republican Gov. Chris Christie's top deputy immediately took aim at each other after winning primaries Tuesday in the race to replace the unpopular governor, continuing campaign attacks that have marked the first statewide primary election since President Donald Trump took office. Democrat Phil Murphy and Republican Lt.
There were no surprises in Tuesday's gubernatorial primaries, as Democratic voters chose Phil Murphy and Republicans opted for Lt. Gov. Kim Guadagno as this year's major-party nominees for governor.
Voters decided Tuesday on the Democratic and Republican candidates to represent their party in the Nov. 7 contest. New Jersey and Virginia are the only two states with governor's races.
FILE- In this May 18, 2017 file photo, New Jersey Lt. Gov. Kim Guadagno speaks during a Republican gubernatorial primary debate in Newark, N.J. New Jersey voters are heading to the polls to pick their candidates to ... TRENTON, N.J. - A former Wall Street executive and New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie's second-in-command are the leading candidates Tuesday as voters begin choosing who will replace the unpopular Republican governor.
New Jersey Governor Chris Christie is barred by state law from running for a third consecutive four-year term this year, but the unpopular former Republican presidential candidate remains a central figure in the campaign to replace him. Voters head to the polls on Tuesday to choose Republican and Democratic nominees to succeed Christie, whose approval ratings have hit historic lows.
I'm voting for Lt. Governor Kim Guadagno in the Republican Primary tomorrow because I'm convinced she's the only candidate in the field who can defeat former Goldman Sachs banker Phil Murphy, the likely Democrat nominee, in November and prevent the return of unbridled government spending and taxation that will occur if Democrats regain control of the State Executive branch.
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump stands with New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie after he endorsed him for president on Feb. 26, 2016. (AP Photo Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump stands with New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie after he endorsed him for president on Feb. 26, 2016.
In a hall packed with Iowa voters, the presidential candidate looked the middle-aged truck driver in the eye and vowed to fight the opioid crisis that killed his only son two years earlier. "He promised me, in honor of my son, that he was going to combat the ongoing heroin epidemic," Moss said of the January 2016 interaction.
Vice President Mike Pence is standing by a March statement that he first learned of now-fired national security adviser Michael Flynn's ties to Turkey from media reports, despite renewed scrutiny and revelations President Donald Trump's transition team was made aware far earlier. "The vice president stands by his comments in March upon first hearing the news regarding General Flynn's ties to Turkey and fully supports the President's decision to ask for General Flynn's resignation," said an aide to Pence, who declined to be named.
The two leading Republicans seeking to succeed Gov. Chris Christie are set to meet tonight for the last time before the June 6 primary GOP candidates for governor meet tonight for final debate before primary The two leading Republicans seeking to succeed Gov. Chris Christie are set to meet tonight for the last time before the June 6 primary Check out this story on northjersey.com: https://njersy.co/2rwhs23 The top two Republican candidates for governor plan to face each other in their second and final debate tonight before voters decide who will move on to November's general election. Barring a historic upset, one of the two contenders in tonight's debate will move on in the June 6 primary.
Among the four Democrats and two Republicans who qualified for three debates in one week - catch your breath there for a second - front-runners Phil Murphy and Kim Guadagno had the most to lose. They gave strong performances and came well-prepared for their brawls, but it will be interesting to see if all the attacks, especially the focused fire on Murphy at Thursday's Democratic debate, will take a chop at their poll leads ahead of the June 6 primaries.
U.S. Rep. Trey Gowdy was all set to become a judge on the U.S. fourth circuit court of appeals - and that may still happen . But this week's bombshell decision by U.S. president Donald Trump to fire James Comey - director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation - has propelled Gowdy to the top of the list of possible future leaders of our nation's top law enforcement agency.
WASHINGTON -- Assemblyman John McKeon, a 16-year veteran of the New Jersey legislature, was home over Easter weekend when his cell phone rang. The call was from Denny Heck, a Democratic U.S. representative from Washington state who is in charge of recruiting House Democratic candidates for 2018.
The surprise firing of FBI director James Comey on Tuesday quickly ignited speculation about who could be next in line as head of the Federal Bureau of Investigation. President Donald Trump notified Comey, who was leading an investigation into alleged Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election, of his termination via a letter Tuesday.
With James Comey ousted as FBI director, President Donald Trump will have an opportunity to select a replacement for a new 10-year term. The FBI in the interim will be led by Comey's top deputy, Andrew McCabe.
A Quinnipiac University poll released last week found that the majority of New Jersey voters - 52 percent of Democrats and 51 percent of Republicans - still don't have a favorite candidate in the gubernatorial primaries, raising the stakes for these debates. Among Democrats who do have an opinion, Murphy is in the lead with 26 percent of the vote, with the other candidates all pulling in less than 10 percent.