Former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie (R) on Tuesday night promoted his wife, Mary Pat Christie, as a potential congressional candidate.

Christie said New Jersey "would be incredibly lucky" if she were to run.

“Listen, the state would be incredibly lucky if Mary Pat Christie would run for office. I’ve been trying to convince her that maybe she should run for Congress. I think she would be fabulous," Christie said at a book signing, according to newjerseyglobe.com.

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Christie reportedly touted his wife as a possible challenger to Rep. Mikie Sherrill Rebecca (Mikie) Michelle SherrillHillicon Valley: DOJ indicts Chinese, Malaysian hackers accused of targeting over 100 organizations | GOP senators raise concerns over Oracle-TikTok deal | QAnon awareness jumps in new poll House passes legislation to boost election security research Lawmakers call for bipartisan push to support scientific research MORE (D-N.J.) in 2020. Sherrill, a freshman lawmaker, in November flipped a seat that had previously long been held by the GOP.

Christie said Mary Pat has "all the elements of a candidate.”

“She’s learned a heck of a lot watching all my mistakes and she wouldn’t repeat them, which is really nice,” he said. “Anybody who’s met Mary Pat knows that she’s significantly more charming and better looking than me, so she’s got all the elements of a candidate.”

Christie is currently in the midst of a media blitz to promote his new book, "Let Me Finish," which details his career in politics, including his relationship with President Trump Donald John TrumpBubba Wallace to be driver of Michael Jordan, Denny Hamlin NASCAR team Graham: GOP will confirm Trump's Supreme Court nominee before the election Southwest Airlines, unions call for six-month extension of government aid MORE.