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Christie too frightened of special election to save NJ billions

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Rachel Maddow reports on the political cowardice of New Jersey Governor Chris Christie who has decided to spend millions of taxpayer dollars on a stand-alone special election to replace former Senator Frank Lautenberg, rather than have that special election happen on the same ballot as his re-election bid.