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                     Christie Enters 2016 White House Race

   by VOA News

   New Jersey Governor Chris Christie will join an already crowded field
   when he officially declares his candidacy for the 2016 Republican
   presidential nomination Tuesday at his high school alma mater in the
   town of Livingston.

   Christie was first elected in 2009 in the predominantly Democratic
   state, and quickly gained national attention for his blunt, often
   combative interactions with residents and reporters town hall meetings
   and press events.  He was overwhelmingly re-elected in 2013, and was
   widely considered to be a leading contender for the 2016 presidential
   race.

   But Christie's political fortunes have plummeted ever since the
   revelation of the so-called "Bridgegate" scandal, when three of his
   aides ordered the partial shutdown of a busy bridge in retaliation
   against a local mayor who refused to support Christie's re-election
   bid. His approval numbers in New Jersey have plummeted, and potential
   big-money donors for his White House campaign have been scared off by
   the scandal.

   Christie is the 14th candidate to enter the Republican presidential
   race, going against the likes of former Florida Governor Jeb Bush,
   billionaire mogul Donald Trump, U.S. senators Marco Rubio, Rand Paul
   and Ted Cruz, and Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal, who announced his
   candidacy last week.

   Two other sitting governors, Ohio's John Kasich and Scott Walker of
   Wisconsin, are expected to formally announce their White House bids in
   the coming weeks.
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