New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie will officially join the already packed field of Republican presidential hopefuls next Tuesday, according to a report from WNYC.
Christie, a New Jersey native, has plans to announce his presidential campaign at Livingston High School, which he graduated from in 1980. He served as class president at the high school for three years.
The 55th governor of New Jersey considered a run at the White House in 2012 but decided to wait. Since then he has been seen as a strong candidate for some within the party, according to WNYC. If elected, Christie would be the first president from New Jersey since Woodrow Wilson.
Christie's spokespeople, as well as spokespeople for the Livingston School District, have not confirmed the report, according to NJ.com.
Rumors of Christie finally announcing his campaign heated up earlier this week, when a report from Politico suggested he was in the "final stages" of prepping the bid. The report cited two new hires as evidence an announcement was imminent.
"The New Jersey governor's planning has intensified in recent days," Politico reported on Tuesday. "On Monday, his campaign-in-waiting announced that he'd hired two additional staffers in New Hampshire, a state seen as critical to his White House hopes."
Christie was elected governor of New Jersey, a traditional blue state, in 2009.
