The Republican presidential candidate said he has 'no interest' in becoming a senator, days after Menendez was accused of taking bribes from businessmen.
, a first-generation Latino American, from his Senate seat. The Democrat plans to step down from his leadership position on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, but has maintained that he will not resign from his position as senator.
Christie, meanwhile, continues to trail significantly behind former President Donald Trump, who despite facing multiple indictments is leading the GOP primary by more than 40 points,. In that poll, Trump is the first-choice pick of 59% of national Republican primary voters, followed by Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, former United Nations ambassador Nikki Haley and former Vice President Mike Pence.
Finding himself behind Trump by 55 points, according to the national poll, Christie stressed that he is closer to the former president when looking at individual states.“This whole race is gonna change once people actually vote, Kristen,” he said. “If it’s a national poll, [and] if we don’t have a national primary, I don’t spend more than three minutes thinking about it.
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