Chris Christie drops in poll but not from race
@BobJordanAPP
New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie has dropped out of the top-10 among Republican presidential contenders in a new CNN poll, but he isn't dropping out of the race, despite a blog report that he'll be gone by the end of the month.
The nationwide CNN/ORC International poll released Tuesday has Christie with 3 percent support, putting him in 11th place. If that ranking holds, Christie will be sidelined in the network's Sept. 16 debate for the top-10 candidates as determined by an average of polls.
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Donald Trump is the leader at 24 percent, with Jeb Bush second at 13 percent.
Christie five days ago was said to be "seriously considering'' dropping out of the race by the end of August, according to speculation by the dcwhispers.com blog.
Christie spokeswoman Samantha Smith said the item is "completely false.''
Another site didn't include Christie on its list of "Seven GOP candidates who could drop from '16 race before Iowa.'' Those on the list from The Hill are Rand Paul, Rick Santorum, Bobby Jindal, Rick Perry, George Pataki, Lindsey Graham and Jim Gilmore.
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Christie is headed to New Hampshire for an education summit Wednesday, followed by a town hall and other campaigns events there through Thursday. Christie will attend the Iowa State Fair on Saturday.
Bob Jordan 609-984-4343, bjordan@gannettnj.com