NJ GOV: Christie!
Ex-US Atty Chris Christie won the GOP nomination for NJ GOV tonight and will battle against Dem Gov. Jon Corzine this fall.
Christie defeated ex-Bogota Mayor Steve Lonegan and Assemblyman Richard Merkt.
Christie took 55% of the vote (149,266) to Longegan's 42% (114,258) and Merkt's 3% (7,474).
Christie accepted the GOP nom before a cheering crowd at the Hanover Marriott in Whippany shortly before 10:30 p.m, according to the Newark Star-Ledger.
"Thank you New Jersey," he said. "I am honored by the confidence you continue to show in me."
Christie is pushing the same failed economic policies that got the country into the crisis we are now in.