According to New Jersey State Senator Loretta Weinberg, the New Jersey legislators will pass a bill that will prohibit the Governor to run for another office while serving.
That would make two states that carry that restriction, the other is Kentucky where Senator Rand Paul was debating his approach to skirt the state prohibition.
In the case of Governor Christi, such a law would not take effect until the next election. Governor Christi would be grandfathered into the past legal status of other governors and would not qualify for required resignation.
This new statue might explain this though:
September 21, 2015
By Charles Stile
Jersey City Mayor Steven Fulop (click here) is often seen mingling at fundraisers for Bergen County freeholder candidates.
Phillip Murphy, a former Goldman Sachs executive who served as President Obama’s ambassador to Germany, covered the cost for a sophisticated form of polling that helped Bergen Democrats pinpoint potential Democratic voters in Republican towns.
And Senate President Stephen Sweeney, who lives about 100 miles to the south in Gloucester County, made three appearances in Bergen in recent weeks. The Bergen County Senior Citizens Picnic would have been his fourth visit, but it was rained out.
“I told him, ‘Look, we can call up some real estate people and get you an apartment in Bergen if you want,’ ” quipped Bergen County Democratic Chairman Louis Stellato.
Stellato and other veteran operatives of the Jersey political backroom say they can’t recall a time when the pursuit of the New Jersey governor’s office has started this early, and this aggressively. The governor’s race is not scheduled until 2017....
That would make two states that carry that restriction, the other is Kentucky where Senator Rand Paul was debating his approach to skirt the state prohibition.
In the case of Governor Christi, such a law would not take effect until the next election. Governor Christi would be grandfathered into the past legal status of other governors and would not qualify for required resignation.
This new statue might explain this though:
September 21, 2015
By Charles Stile
Jersey City Mayor Steven Fulop (click here) is often seen mingling at fundraisers for Bergen County freeholder candidates.
Phillip Murphy, a former Goldman Sachs executive who served as President Obama’s ambassador to Germany, covered the cost for a sophisticated form of polling that helped Bergen Democrats pinpoint potential Democratic voters in Republican towns.
And Senate President Stephen Sweeney, who lives about 100 miles to the south in Gloucester County, made three appearances in Bergen in recent weeks. The Bergen County Senior Citizens Picnic would have been his fourth visit, but it was rained out.
“I told him, ‘Look, we can call up some real estate people and get you an apartment in Bergen if you want,’ ” quipped Bergen County Democratic Chairman Louis Stellato.
Stellato and other veteran operatives of the Jersey political backroom say they can’t recall a time when the pursuit of the New Jersey governor’s office has started this early, and this aggressively. The governor’s race is not scheduled until 2017....
