claim: "governor christie also remains the only governor since world war ii, among both democrats and republicans, who failed to have his party win control of at least one legislative body over the course of his term."
author: john wisniewski
evidence_1: nov 16, 2011 ... 8, democratic assemblyman john wisniewski was surely in a celebratory mood.  his party had just retained control of the state legislature against the ... party did  not win control of at least one legislative body during his or her tenure. ... christie  "remains the only governor since world war ii, among both ...
evidence_2: nov 5, 2018 ... if democrats win back a house of congress, it would have major ... and will  republicans continue to have a massive advantage in state ... few matters are  more important to a presidency than which party controls congress. .... around is  by winning key governor and state legislative races so they'll get to ...
evidence_3: 19 hours ago ... politico's must-read briefing on what's driving the day in washington ...  republicans wish their recent speakers were as ruthless as nancy pelosi is. ...  white house today at 11:30 a.m. for a meeting with president donald  trump. ... josh gottheimer, the second-term new jersey democrat who is one  of the leaders of ...
evidence_4: says in january 1992, george h. w. bush "probably had a 90 percent or even  higher approval rating after the ... "governor christie also remains the only  governor since world war ii, among both democrats and republicans, who  failed to have his party win control of at least one legislative body over the course  of his term.
evidence_5: nov 2, 2018 ... in governors' elections this year, republicans have a lot to lose ... in the two  years since president trump's election, democrats have found their energy. ...  drawn and in most states, whichever party is in control can decide where ... is a  former democratic leader in the gop-controlled state legislature.