New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie has had quite the year.
Christie rose to national prominence as a Republican firebrand with a penchant for saying exactly what's on his mind.
It's a habit that has infuriated Democrats, and even irked members of his own party, some of whom claim his last-week campaign embrace of President Barack Obama during superstorm Sandy cost Mitt Romney the election.
From his Jersey Shore boardwalk brawl to the Twinkie jokes, we've compiled some of the best moments from Christie's breakout year.
He read Matthew Silverman's illustrated history of the New York Mets and "The Reagan Diaries."
Town hall meetings became a key part of Christie's effort to sell Jersey residents on his 10 percent income tax cut. Here he is at a town hall meeting in January.
He delivered a eulogy for Republican Assembly Leader Alex DeCroce in January, who tragically collapsed and died at the New Jersey Statehouse.
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