A Name You Should Know

New Jersey Lt. Gov.-elect Kim Guadagno is seen Monday, Nov. 16, 2009, in Trenton, N.J., as she and Gov.-elect Chris Christie announce that Richard Bagger and Robert Grady will serve as the co-chairmen of Christie's t... New Jersey Lt. Gov.-elect Kim Guadagno is seen Monday, Nov. 16, 2009, in Trenton, N.J., as she and Gov.-elect Chris Christie announce that Richard Bagger and Robert Grady will serve as the co-chairmen of Christie's transition team budget and taxes committee. (AP Photo/Mel Evans) MORE LESS
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Now that New Jersey’s Lt. Gov. Kim Guadagno (R) is in the news, it’s worth revisiting the profile our own Hunter Walker wrote about her last year. Turns out she’s something of a mystery even to New Jersey political insiders. But she’s the person who will inherit the governor’s office if Chris Christie leaves to run for president.

Meanwhile this morning, Guadagno strongly denied allegations that she threatened to withhold Hurricane Sandy aid from Hoboken, N.J. unless the mayor there approved a development project favored by the governor.

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