7 Officials, 5 Businessmen From Mercer County Tapped to Aid Christie's Campaign

Shortly after he publicly announced his candidacy for the Republican nomination for president in next year’s election, the campaign for Governor Chris Christie named announced more than 200 New Jersey residents – elected officials and businesspersons – have been tapped to help the governor is his bid for the White House.

A total of 12 of those named have ties to Mercer County in some capacity.

On his Political Leadership team, Christie named the following officials who represent Mercer County:

• Christopher “Kip” Bateman, State Senator, District 16
• Jack Ciattarelli, Assemblyman, District 16
• Donna Simon, Assemblywoman, District 16
• Lisa Richford, Chairwoman, Mercer County Chair
• Lisa Richford, Chairwoman, Mercer County
• Jack Rafferty, Committeeman, Mercer County
• Christine Bator, Committeewoman, Mercer County

The campaign has also created a Financial Leadership team. The Mercer County-based businesspersons tapped to aid the financial end of Christie’s campaign include:

• Jim Appleton, Ewing
• Larry Downes, New Jersey Resources, Princeton Junction
• Dale Florio, Princeton Public Affairs Group, Trenton
• Ketan Mehta, Tris Pharma, Princeton
• Michele Siekerka, Robbinsville

The campaign has a mailing address of a Post Office Box in Morristown, and noted that individuals named for the financial leadership team are doing so in a personal capacity and are not representative of his or her company. Business names were provided for convenience.

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