NJ Gov. Christie Coming to Stamford to Stump for Foley

New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie plans to make good on his promise to return to Connecticut to stump for Republican gubernatorial candidate Tom Foley who’s facing a rematch for the state’s top office held by Democrat Dannel Malloy.

Christie is scheduled to appear at an event at local baseball legend Bobby Valentine’s sports pub Bobby V’s in Stamford on Tuesday, Sept. 23, according to the Foley campaign. The event, which will include an appearance by Foley, who lives in Greenwich and lost the 2010 election to Malloy by 6,400 votes, is set to begin at 6 p.m.

The event is the second in two months for Christie, who’s chairman of the Republican Governors Association (RGA). When he appeared at three events in Greenwich on July 21, Christie said the RGA would “commit the resources necessary to get Tom’s race over the line. … This is not going to be my last time (in Connecticut) for Tom. The RGA is committee to get Tom Foley over the finish line.”

Meanwhile, as Foley continues to campaign around the state from his headquarters based in Southington, his running mate, Heather Somers of Groton, will be making three campaign whistlestops in Greenwich on Thursday. She is scheduled to visit two local businesses Cunningham’s Auto Body in the Byram neighborhood of Greenwich and Green & Tonic in Cos Cob, as well as the town-operated The Nathaniel Witherell nursing home.

Photo: Republican gubernatorial candidate Tom Foley with NJ Gov. Chris Christie at Glory Days Diner in Greenwich on July 21, 2014. Credit: Barbara Heins.