TRENTON — Gov. Chris Christie sets out on a three-state tour today, delivering an address at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library on Tuesday and highlighting a several fundraisers. The buzz about Christie and a presidential campaign continues to get louder despite his repeated and oft colorful denials that he has no plans to run. The high-profile speech and fundraisers...
Gov. Christie will make appearances in Missouri today, California on Tuesday and Mississippi on Thursday.TRENTON — Gov. Chris Christie sets out on a three-state tour today, delivering an address at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library on Tuesday and highlighting a several fundraisers.
The buzz about Christie and a presidential campaign continues to get louder despite his repeated and oft colorful denials that he has no plans to run. The high-profile speech and fundraisers is likely to only stoke the presidential campaign speculation.
The trip will likely prove successful in filling the New Jersey Republican Party's coffers. Christie has been fundraising out of state to help raise money for legislative campaigns this fall.
He goes first today to St. Louis, where he will attend a lunch-time fundraiser to benefit the New Jersey Republican Party. Tonight he will be the main attraction at a dinner for the Missouri Republican Party, one of the state's biggest annual fundraisers.
On Tuesday, he will attend a breakfast for Congressional candidate Ann Wagner before departing for California.
The main event in California is a Tuesday evening speech at the Reagan Library, where he was invited personally by former First Lady Nancy Reagan to speak.
He will attend three fundraisers while in the Golden State, all to benefit the New Jersey Republican Party.
On Thursday, he will travel to Baton Rouge, La., where he will attend a rally with Gov. Bobby Jindal and then a fundraiser that night. The fundraiser will benefit a committee Jindal created to help elect Republican lawmakers and local officials.
Like New Jersey, Louisiana holds elections in odd-numbered years. Jindal is up for reelection next month, but faces no serious or well-financed opposition.
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