MANCHESTER, N.H. — New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie has cancelled the remainder of his six-day swing through the first-in-the-nation primary state to return to his home state amid winter storm warnings across the East Coast.
Christie’s decision to return to New Jersey, which he announced on Twitter Friday afternoon, comes less than 24 hours after the Republican presidential candidate reportedly told The New York Times he “had no intention of taking a break from the presidential race to return home.”
“I’m sorry, NH but I gotta go home – we got snow coming. #Jonas,” he tweeted at around 1 p.m. on Thursday.
I want to make sure the people of my state feel safe and secure. #Jonas
— Chris Christie (@ChrisChristie) January 22, 2016
Christie, who recently took a dip in state-level polls of Granite State Republicans, had seven campaign stops listed on his schedule between now and Sunday, including an address to voters at the New Hampshire GOP’s first-in-the-nation presidential town hall series Saturday.
Christie’s campaign announced Friday that the governor’s wife, first lady Mary Pat Christie, will remain in New Hampshire through late-Saturday to continue campaigning on her husband’s behalf. Ms. Christie has already made more than 125 campaign stops in the state this election cycle.
She recently told the Washington Examiner, “This is how it’s won and how it’s done.”
