Chris Christie presidential campaign staff, 2024
Date: November 5, 2024  |
2024 • 2020 • 2016 |
Last updated September 19, 2023.
This page contains a select list of Chris Christie's (R) national campaign staff. Staff are presented alongside their positions in the campaign, their most recent positions prior to the campaign, and their Twitter handles.
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- Campaign staff in context
- Overview of Chris Christie's campaign
- National staff
- State staff
- Christie in the news
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Here are links to the candidates' staff pages:
- Joe Biden (D)
- Dean Phillips (D)
- Marianne Williamson (D)
- Ryan Binkley (R)
- Chris Christie (R)
- Ron DeSantis (R)
- Nikki Haley (R)
- Asa Hutchinson (R)
- Vivek Ramaswamy (R)
- Donald Trump (R)
Here are the links to staff pages for candidates who withdrew from the Democratic or Republican primaries:
- Robert F. Kennedy Jr. (D) (Kennedy withdrew from the Democratic primary and announced an independent presidential run on October 9, 2023.)
- Doug Burgum (R) (Burgum withdrew from the Republican primary on December 4, 2023.)
- Larry Elder (R) (Elder withdrew from the Republican primary on October 26, 2023.)
- Will Hurd (R) (Hurd withdrew from the Republican primary on October 9, 2023.)
- Perry Johnson (R) (Johnson withdrew from the Republican primary on October 20, 2023.)
- Mike Pence (R) (Pence withdrew from the Republican primary on October 28, 2023.)
- Tim Scott (R) (Scott withdrew from the Republican primary on November 12, 2023.)
- Corey Stapleton (R) (Stapleton withdrew from the Republican primary on October 13, 2023.)
- Francis Suarez (R) (Suarez withdrew from the Republican primary on August 29, 2023.)
Campaign staff in context
Campaign staff plays an important role in the presidential primaries. The makeup of a candidate's staff can signal the strength of their support from influential party activists and whether they are aligning with a particular faction or group within the party. Eric Appleman of Democracy in Action describes candidates' efforts to hire staffers as a "race for talent, both nationally and in key early states." He adds, "The goal is to assemble a team of top talent that can work together effectively to mobilize resources, boost the candidate and his or her message, and ultimately secure the party's nomination."[1]
Presidential candidates will typically have a national staff, which is overseen by a campaign manager and assisted by political consultants, senior advisors, professional polling firms, and key stakeholders such as interest group leaders and major financial supporters. They also build organizations in individual states that are overseen by state directors and staffed by party activists and political professionals well-versed in the particular politics of the area. Candidates often appoint elected officials and other important figures in their party's coalition as chairs of their national campaign and state-level campaigns.[1]
Christie campaign overview
Chris Christie (R) was the governor of New Jersey from 2010 to 2018. He officially filed to run for president on June 6, 2023.[2]
Christie has centered his campaign around criticism of former President Donald Trump (R). Speaking of Trump during an interview with Fox News, Christie said, "He's a failed leader. We gave him a Republican House, a Republican Senate, and he failed ... he failed us by losing the House, by losing the Senate, and by turning over the White House to Joe Biden."[3] During his campaign launch, Christie said, "The reason I’m going after Trump is twofold. One, he deserves it. And two, it’s the way to win."[4]
Christie ran for the Republican presidential nomination in 2016. He suspended his campaign on February 10, 2016, after receiving 1.8% of the vote in the Iowa caucuses and receiving 7.4% of the vote in the New Hampshire primary.
National staff
This section will display a partial list of national campaign staff members, including the campaign manager, senior advisors, political directors, communications directors, field directors, and the national press secretary. We have not yet identified any national staff for Christie's 2024 campaign in our research. To recommend additions, please email us at editor@ballotpedia.org.
State staff
This section will display state-level directors and communications directors. We have not yet identified any state staff for Christie's 2024 campaign in our research. To recommend additions, please email us at editor@ballotpedia.org.
Christie in the news
This section features up to five recent news stories about Christie and his presidential campaign. For a complete timeline of Christie's campaign activity, click here.
- December 28, 2023: Christie campaigned in Epping, New Hampshire.[5]
- December 27, 2023: Christie's campaign released a new ad.[6]
- December 20, 2023: Christie outlined his plan to address opioids and addiction during a speech in Rochester, New Hampshire.[7] Christie also held a town hall in Portsmouth, New Hampshire.[8]
- December 19, 2023: Christie held a town hall in Bedford, New Hampshire.[9]
- December 13, 2023: Christie held a town hall in Londonderry, New Hampshire.[10]
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Democracy in Action, "Building Campaign Organizations (2019)," accessed May 10, 2019
- ↑ The New York Times, "Chris Christie Formally Enters ’24 Race, as He Takes Square Aim at Trump," June 6, 2023
- ↑ Twitter, "America's Newsroom," June 14, 2023
- ↑ C-SPAN, "Chris Christie Announces Presidential Campaign at New Hampshire Town Hall," June 6, 2023
- ↑ Twitter, "Chris Christie," December 28, 2023
- ↑ CNN, "Christie pushes back on calls for him to drop out in 7-figure New Hampshire ad buy," December 27, 2023
- ↑ WMUR, "Chris Christie delivers addiction policy speech at Hope on Haven Hill in Rochester," December 20, 2023
- ↑ Twitter, "Christie on December 20, 2023," accessed December 21, 2023
- ↑ Twitter, "Christie on December 19, 2023," accessed December 20, 2023
- ↑ Twitter, "Christie on December 13, 2023," accessed December 14, 2023
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