Christie: I voted for Kim Guadagno

Mike Davis | Asbury Park Press

Show Caption Hide Caption WATCH: Gov. Christie comments after voting in NJ Primary New Jersey Governor Chris Christie comments after voting at the Brookside Emergency Services Building during the NJ primary election.

MENDHAM — Gov. Chris Christie voted for Lt. Gov. Kim Guadagno in her primary bid to succeed him, he told reporters on Primary Day.

“I voted for the lieutenant governor,” Christie said, according to Politico NJ. "I think the biggest endorsement you can give somebody is your vote. I’ve worked with her for eight years and I believe she’s the best person in the Republican primary to represent the party in the fall and to retain the governorship."

But Guadagno may not actually want the approval from her boss.

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Christie's approval rating has sunk to 18 percent over the course of his second term, largely due to his decisions to run for president and support President Donald Trump when his own campaign failed, as well as the Bridgegate scandal that enveloped his administration.

A spokesman for the Guadagno campaign did not immediately respond to requests for comment.

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Though Guadagno ran alongside the governor twice, their relationship has been tenuous over the last year. Famously, she vocally opposed the gasoline tax plan that Christie promoted last summer and fall.

In her campaign advertisements, Guadagno mentioned her background as a Monmouth Beach commissioner, Monmouth County Sheriff, prosecutor and "military mom."

Missing from the televised résumé? Her role as lieutenant governor, under Christie.

Guadagno is considered the frontrunner for the Republican gubernatorial nomination. A May 25 Stockton poll had her with 37 percent of support, leading Assemblyman Jack Ciattarelli who had 18 percent.

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Ciattarelli's campaign has routinely tried to link Guadagno to Christie in television commercials.

Mike Davis: 732-643-4223; mdavis@gannettnj.com