New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie told a Bethesda audience on Wednesday that Democrat Anthony Brown would mean essentially a third term of term-limited Gov. Martin O’Malley.
Christie, the chairman of the Republican Governors Association, stumped for Republican gubernatorial candidate Larry Hogan at a luncheon fundraiser at Redwood on Bethesda Lane. The Hogan campaign Hogan told attendees his campaign’s polling has him dead even with Brown. Election day is Nov. 4.
“Let me be really clear abut why I am here: I am here because there are dozens of pundits and supposedly smart people in this state who are going to tell you over the next 48 days that Larry can’t win,” Christie said. “And I am here to tell you that if that were true then we wouldn’t have a two term Republican governor in New Jersey, and we can have one here in Maryland too.”
The Democratic Governors Association has invested a reported $750,000 in support of Brown, including for ads attacking Hogan that the Anne Arundel County businessman has decried as false and misleading.
Christie was in town for about 20 minutes before hitting the road.
Video, photo via Larry Hogan Campaign
