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Christie on Thursday appointed New Jersey Attorney General Jeffrey Chiesa to serve as the state's interim senator, replacing the late Sen. Frank Lautenberg. Chiesa said he will not be a candidate to run for the permanent position, which will be filled in a special election in October.
Christie has taken heat for setting the date in October and set himself up for charges that he's playing
"That is such a self-serving, corrupt abuse of power. I miss New Jersey so much," Stewart quipped on a segment of "The Daily Show" Wednesday night. "It's just hard to see corrupt abuse of power and not think about home."
Stewart played a clip of Christie in 2009, saying that if the situation arose, he couldn't imagine a situation in which "any responsible governor" would hold a special election that would cost taxpayers an extra $10 million.
But Christie said those comments arose when discussing a bill that proposed to do away with special
The last time New Jersey filled a vacant Senate seat was when Corzine replaced himself with then-Rep. Robert Menendez, after Corzine became New Jersey's governor in 2006.
"What Jon did on television last night was typical. It was funny. I laughed," Christie said. "But it has absolutely no relation to the truth of my position. ... This is a much different contest, and a much different time. It's good for 'The Daily Show,' but it doesn't make any sense in terms of what we're talking about here."