Video: Chris Christie re-elected as governor of New Jersey Governor Christie was expected to become the first Republican in a quarter-century to receive more than 50 per cent of the vote in New Jersey, a state that President Barack Obama won only a year ago by more than 17 points, his biggest margin in the nation. At his rally in front of supporters after his re-election became apparent, Mr Christie thanked voters for making him "the luckiest guy in the world." Born in Newark, raised in Livingston, made my wife from Pennsylvania a real Jersey girl, and raised my family right here in this amazing state. I love just as much as my mother and father raised me to love it. You see, what people have never understood about us is that I don't need any introduction to all of you because I know you because I'm one of you. So tonight, first and foremost, I want to say thank you New Jersey for making me the luckiest guy in the world. Mr Christie performed strongly across the political spectrum according to exit polls. Interviews with voters as they left polling places found Christie re-elected with broad support among whites, independents, moderates, voters over 40 and those opposing President Obama's health care reforms.