Christie’s Victory Speech: Corzine Ran ‘Negative Personal’ Campaign

N.J. Gov-Elect Chris Christie (R)
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New Jersey’s Republican Governor-elect Chris Christie struck a pretty aggressive tone during his victory speech tonight.

“Tomorrow begins the task of fixing our broken state,” he declared.

With 96 percent of precincts reporting, Christie leads Democratic Gov. Jon Corzine 49-45. Corzine called Christie earlier to concede, and gave a concession speech of his own earlier tonight. Christie said Corzine’s call was “gracious.” Christie’s speech, well…

“The people of New Jersey said, ‘No more negative personal campaigns,'” Christie said. “In the face of a $30 million onslaught that consisted almost exclusively of negative personal campaigns against me, my family and my friends, the people of New Jersey decided enough is enough.

Tomorrow we’re gonna take back New Jersey for our families. Tomorrow we’re gonna take back New Jersey for our neighbors. Tomorrow we’re gonna take back New Jersey for the least fortunate among us who do not want the government to fix every problem.

Late Update: Here’s the video.

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