The only answer was Richard Codey. He was state senate president and, as a result, became acting governor after McGreevey's resignation and before Corzine won. Codey had wanted the job in his own right, but Corzine and his wallet shoved Codey aside in 2005. Codey was legitimately viewed as the man who had saved NJ's Democratic Party after McGreevey, and he parlayed that into serious statewide popularity--something that only increased after he took on a talk radio shock jock who mocked his wife's battle with depression.
By July 2009 it seemed Codey was poised to take over Corzine's campaign. The problem with that was Codey had never been seriously tested in a statewide race.[Corzine stayed in; Codey stayed out; Chris Christie won].
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