Christy Davis Jackson, Democratic operative who ran Corzine Senate campaign, dies

Christy Davis Jackson, a veteran of New Jersey politics and the wife of Bishop Reginald Jackson, has died.

Jackson served as co-campaign manager of Jon Corzine’s bid for the Democratic nomination for the U.S. Senate in 2000 and later as vice president for government affairs at the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey.

She began her public service career as an aide to State Sen. Wynona M. Lipman (D-Newark) and later worked for U.S. Senator Frank Lautenberg, City Strategy Group, and Warner-Lambert.  She was president of E3, an urban school choice advocacy group.

Davis Jackson later served as supervisor for the 543 African Methodist Episcopal Churches in Georgia.