Olympic gold medalist Carl Lewis said yesterday that New Jersey Governor Chris Christie threatened him when he decided to run for Senate in 2011, the AP reports:
Lewis said Monday the governor called to dissuade him from running as a Democrat for state Senate in 2011 against Republican Sen. Dawn Addiego (ah-dee-AY'-goh). Lewis says he was told the fitness program they'd been developing wouldn't materialize if he ran. Lewis says the governor felt the post "was a carrot he could pull away."
Lewis withdrew from the Senate race after a court ruled he didn't meet a residency requirement. He now lives in Houston.
