It’s been a long time coming, and it was not a surprise. On Tuesday, June 30th New Jersey Governor Chris Christie officially announced that he is running for the 2016 Republican nomination for president of the United States with a speech at Livingston High School, the school he attended and graduated as class president.
Chistie joins a very crowded field of candidate hopefuls for the Republican Party. Christie once the leading contender, now enters the race at the bottom of the list, and a bit roughed-up after the infamous “Bridge Gate” scandal that rocked his administration and credibility. However, it is very early to tell if he will rise in the polls. A year and a half in politics is a very long time. And Christie is a fighter.
