Chris Christie

Christopher James "Chris" Christie (born September 6, 1962) is the 55th and current governor of New Jersey. After he was elected governor in November 2009, Republican Christie first to win an election in New Jersey for 12 years. Christie, a lawyer who has served as US Attorney for the District of New Jersey.

Chris Christie was born in Newark, New Jersey, the son of Sondra and Bill Christie Christie Grasso. He was raised in Livingston, a graduate of Livingston High School. Christie graduated from the University of Delaware with a BA in Political Science in 1984 and Seton Hall University School of Law with a Juris Doctor degree in 1987. Christie was the lawyer in the State of New Jersey Bar and US District Court, District of New Jersey in December 1987.

In 1986, Christie married to Mary Pat Foster, a fellow student at the University of Delaware. When a marriage between them in the studio in Summit, New Jersey. Mary Pat Christie is a career in investment banking, in order to work in Wall Street firm Cantor Fitzgerald. He left the firm in 2001 after the September 11 attacks, only recently returning to work part-time. They have four sons, Andrew (b. 1993), Sarah (b. 1996), Patrick (b. 2000), and Bridget (born 2003). Christie and her family live in Mendham Township.