claim: "we are coming up on our 40th anniversary of electing a republican to the united states senate. 1972 was the last time new jersey sent a republican to the united states senate."
author: chris christie
evidence_1: george corley wallace jr. (august 25, 1919 – september 13, 1998) was an  american politician ... he sought the united states presidency as a democrat  three times, and once ... won election to another term as governor of alabama in  1970 and ran in the 1972 ... at the time, he was considered a moderate on racial  issues.
evidence_2: jun 13, 2013 ... in the meantime, christie has scheduled a special primary for aug. ... party that  hasn't represented new jersey in the u.s. senate in nearly two generations. ...  up on the 40th anniversary of the last time voters elected a republican – case ...  so case was the last republican senator actually elected by new ...
evidence_3: gerald rudolph ford jr was an american politician who served as the 38th  president of the united states from august 1974 to january 1977. before his  accession to the presidency, ford served as the 40th vice president of the united  states ... following his years as president, ford remained active in the  republican party.
evidence_4: "we are coming up on our 40th anniversary of electing a republican to the  united states senate. 1972 was the last time new jersey sent a republican to  the ...
evidence_5: spiro theodore agnew was the 39th vice president of the united states from  1969 until his resignation in 1973. he is the second and most recent vice  president to resign the position, the ... in the presidential election of 1972, nixon  and agnew were re-elected for a second term, defeating senator george  mcgovern and his ...