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Analysis: Ex-New Jersey governor Chris Christie launches 2024 Republican presidential bid

Christie, who also ran for president in 2016, was set to announce his campaign later at a town hall in the early voting state of New Hampshire

Former New Jersey governor Chris Christie has filed paperwork formally launching his bid for the Republican nomination for US president after casting himself as the only candidate willing to directly take on former president Donald Trump.

Christie, who also ran for president in 2016, was set to announce his campaign later at a town hall in the early voting state of New Hampshire.

After losing the nomination to Trump seven years ago, the former governor ...