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Gov. Chris Christie rests on a post as he addresses a large gathering Thursday, Feb. 20, 2014, in Middletown, N.J., during a town hall meeting. (Associated Press)

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Gov. Chris Christie rests on a post as he addresses a large gathering Thursday, Feb. 20, 2014, in Middletown, N.J., during a town hall meeting. Christie returned to Republican-controlled Monmouth County on Thursday for his first town hall since private emails revealed a political payback scandal in which his associates ordered traffic lanes closed, causing lengthy backups. But the scandal didn't come up. Instead, the 51-year-old Republican heard from residents who have not returned to their homes since the 2012 storm. (AP Photo/Mel Evans)

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Gov. Chris Christie rests on a post as he addresses a large gathering Thursday, Feb. 20, 2014, in Middletown, N.J., during a town hall meeting. Christie returned to Republican-controlled Monmouth County on Thursday for his first town hall since private emails revealed a political payback scandal in which his associates ordered traffic lanes closed, causing lengthy backups. But the scandal didn't come up. Instead, the 51-year-old Republican heard from residents who have not returned to their homes since the 2012 storm. (AP Photo/Mel Evans)

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Gov. Chris Christie, center, addresses a large gathering Thursday, Feb. 20, 2014, in Middletown, N.J., during a town hall meeting. Christie returned to Republican-controlled Monmouth County on Thursday for his first town hall since private emails revealed a political payback scandal in which his associates ordered traffic lanes closed, causing lengthy backups. But the scandal didn't come up. Instead, the 51-year-old Republican heard from residents who have not returned to their homes since the 2012 storm. (AP Photo/Mel Evans)

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Debbie Fortier, of Brick, N.J., wears a shirt that says, one year still homeless, as she asks Gov. Chris Christie a question Thursday, Feb. 20, 2014, in Middletown, N.J., during a town hall meeting. Christie returned to Republican-controlled Monmouth County on Thursday for his first town hall since private emails revealed a political payback scandal in which his associates ordered traffic lanes closed, causing lengthy backups. But the scandal didn't come up. Instead, the 51-year-old Republican heard from residents who have not returned to their homes since the 2012 storm. (AP Photo/Mel Evans)

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Gov. Chris Christie, center, addresses a large gathering Thursday, Feb. 20, 2014, in Middletown, N.J., during a town hall meeting. Christie returned to Republican-controlled Monmouth County on Thursday for his first town hall since private emails revealed a political payback scandal in which his associates ordered traffic lanes closed, causing lengthy backups. But the scandal didn't come up. Instead, the 51-year-old Republican heard from residents who have not returned to their homes since the 2012 storm. (AP Photo/Mel Evans)

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Debbie Fortier, of Brick, N.J., asks Gov. Chris Christie a question Thursday, Feb. 20, 2014, in Middletown, N.J., during a town hall meeting. Christie returned to Republican-controlled Monmouth County on Thursday for his first town hall since private emails revealed a political payback scandal in which his associates ordered traffic lanes closed, causing lengthy backups. But the scandal didn't come up. Instead, the 51-year-old Republican heard from residents who have not returned to their homes since the 2012 storm. (AP Photo/Mel Evans)

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New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie listens to a question Thursday, Feb. 20, 2014, in Middletown, N.J., during a town hall meeting. Christie returned to Republican-controlled Monmouth County on Thursday for his first town hall since private emails revealed a political payback scandal in which his associates ordered traffic lanes closed, causing lengthy backups. But the scandal didn't come up. Instead, the 51-year-old Republican heard from residents who have not returned to their homes since the 2012 storm. (AP Photo/Mel Evans)

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The crowd laughs as a crying Conni Freestone, of Point Pleasant, N.J., tells Gov. Chris Christie, right, back to camera, at a town hall meeting, Thursday, Feb. 20, 2014, in Middletown, N.J., that her mother really liked him. Freestone told Christie she is very sad because her mother's home was severely damaged by Superstorm Sandy and now her mother died last Saturday without ever being able to move back to her home. (AP Photo/Mel Evans)

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People react as three-year-old Nicole Mariano tells New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, "my house is still broken," during a town hall meeting Thursday, Feb. 20, 2014, in Middletown, N.J. Christie called her closer and promised that someone from his administration would see about helping her mom. Then they high-fived. Christie is blaming the federal government for deficiencies in the state's Superstorm Sandy recovery. (AP Photo/Mel Evans)

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New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie addresses a large gathering Thursday, Feb. 20, 2014, in Middletown, N.J., during a town hall meeting. Christie returned to Republican-controlled Monmouth County on Thursday for his first town hall since private emails revealed a political payback scandal in which his associates ordered traffic lanes closed, causing lengthy backups. But the scandal didn't come up. Instead, the 51-year-old Republican heard from residents who have not returned to their homes since the 2012 storm. (AP Photo/Mel Evans)