by Jennifer Nuelle
Former New Jersey Republican governor and failed presidential candidate Chris Christie will teach a course at Yale University on how to run for office, according to a description.
Christie, who was Governor from 2010 to 2018, who did not run in the 2016 and 2024 presidential elections, will teach a class on “How to Run a Political Campaign” in the fall 2024 semester, According to to the catalog. The course offers students one credit, is taught once a week and is offered as an elective.
“Political campaigns in the 2020s are becoming increasingly technology-dependent, more confusing and difficult to communicate with, and even more fraught with personal pitfalls and challenges,” the course description reads. “When deciding whether to run for office, you have to grapple with all of these issues, in addition to basic considerations about issue positions, fundraising, and the most important question of all: If I win, what do I want to accomplish and what kind of leader do I want to be?”
Christie, who is a constant guest critic former President Donald Trump, he was running for president in 2016, but withdrew from the Republican primary in February of this year after finishing sixth in the New Hampshire primary. The former governor ran again in the 2024 election cycle, but Completed his campaign in January.
“In this course, all of these issues are examined with direct input from professionals who have faced these issues and many more as candidates themselves, as well as professional practitioners who help them win at the local, state and national levels,” the course description reads.
Former presidential candidate Hillary Clinton he joined In February 2023, he joined Columbia University as Professor of the Practice in the School of International and Public Affairs and Presidential Fellow at the Columbia Worlds Project.
Yale and Christie did not immediately respond to a request for comment from the Daily Caller News Foundation.
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Jennifer Nuelle is a reporter at the Daily Caller News Foundation.
Photo “Chris Christie” by Chris Christie.
