NBC News projects Republican Chris Christie will win the New Jersey governor’s race

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NBC News projects that New Jersey Governor Chris Christie will win re-election, launching the GOP star to another term in a deep blue state and solidifying his status as a top-tier 2016 presidential candidate.

As polls closed in the Garden State, Christie held a definitive lead over Democrat Barbara Buono. Early exit polls showed that Christie had garnered the support of voters well outside the traditional GOP base, winning a majority of women, about one in five black voters, nearly half of Hispanics, and roughly 30 percent of self-described Democrats. Among the half of New Jersey voters who say they support the Obama-backed health care law, about three in ten selected Christie on their ballot.

http://nbcpolitics.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/11/05/21322371-nbc-news-projects-chris-christie-will-win-new-jersey-governors-race?lite

[leftyohiolib]

1. i wish one of those 30% who used to be dems would exlpain their vote for this

union-teacher-hating republican

[davepc]

5. This

[Grateful for Hope]

2. Not a surprise.

[JaneyVee]

3. Democrats, you handed this to him on a silver platter.

[Arugula Latte]

4. Shameful.

Makes me realize how much ignorance and political naivete is out there, including among our own.

[Dawson Leery]

6. The NJ Democratic party is corrupt.

A real fight would have brought Christie to 7 points or so.