The State of Chris Christie's New Jersey, in Six Charts
- Republican governor to give annual address to lawmakers
- On the presidential campaign trail, he confronts his record
Governor Chris Christie of New Jersey speaks in Washington on Dec. 3, 2015.
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After a year in which Governor Chris Christie spent more than half his days outside New Jersey, the Republican presidential candidate returns for his annual state agenda-setting speech Tuesday.
Expect to hear Christie, 53, talk about how he’s added jobs, shrunk government, rejected tax increases from a Democratic-led legislature and put New Jersey on the road to fiscal wellness.