As he mulls a second bid for the presidency, New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie will hold a town hall meeting at the New Hampshire Institute of Politics at St. Anselm College on March 27, according to a report in The Hill.
His visit to New Hampshire could follow a major development in the presidential race after former President Donald Trump said on Saturday that he expected to be charged in a hush-money scheme after a probe by the Manhattan District Attorney and arrested this week.
It’s unclear what Christie’s timetable is for deciding if he’ll run for president in 2024. The Washington Examiner reported last week that Christie told them he would make a decision within the “next 45 to 60 days.”
Christie has barely registered in 2024 presidential campaign polls and frequently isn’t even included in them.
A University of New Hampshire poll released in January put Christie at zero percent as a first-choice candidate and 1% as the second choice of likely Republican primary voters. Christie has an upside-down favorable rating of 6%-65% among New Hampshire likely GOP primary voters, with 29% saying they are neutral toward him.
In 2016, Christie made a huge bet on New Hampshire, winning the endorsement of the Union Leader, the state’s top newspaper. He dropped out one day after finishing sixth with 7.4% of the vote; weeks later, after he endorsed Trump, the newspaper’s publisher said he regretted the decision to back Christie.
Christie was not included in an Emerson College poll last week that showed Trump leading Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis among Florida Republicans, 47%-44%, a survey that was within the margin of error.
So far, former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley and Vivek Ramasamy, a conservative author, are the only announced candidates for the Republican nomination.
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