Christie had decision to make about filling unexpired term of late Sen. Lautenberg . New Jersey will hold special election in October . Decision avoids possibility of Democratic turnout boost when Christie on ballot in November . The outspoken governor also said it would n't be fair to appoint a GOP placeholder to serve out the remainder of the late Democratic senator 's term . TL;DR
Christie had decision to make about filling unexpired term of late Sen. Lautenberg . New Jersey will hold special election in October . Decision avoids possibility of Democratic turnout boost when Christie on ballot in November . TL;DR