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 TRENTON, N.J. (AP) - Republican Chris Christie, a former corruption-busting prosecutor, tapped into deep voter discontent over stubbornly high taxes and chronic financial problems to unseat New Jersey Gov. Jon Corzine on Tuesday, despite being outspent by $12 million in a heavily Democratic state.
Christie, 47, is the first Republican to win a statewide race in New Jersey in a dozen years. His convincing victory was particularly satisfying for Republicans who earlier Tuesday had captured the country's only other governor's race, in Virginia. The New Jersey race was a tossup heading into Election Day.
"Tomorrow, starting tomorrow, we are going to pick Trenton up and turn it upside down," Christie told cheering supporters at a hotel in Parsippany.
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