How Chris Christie’s Plan To Replace Senator Lautenberg Will Waste Millions In Taxpayer Dollars: Governor Chris Christie (R-NJ) announced on Tuesday afternoon that New Jersey’s special election to fill the seat vacated with the passing of Sen. Frank Lautenberg (D) will take place on October 16, three full weeks before the state’s general election and his own re-election. The decision to hold the election at the earliest possible date [...]/p