the mayor of tenafly is an independent.t was that independent minded yet democratic leaning area that made them important for chris christie's re-election campaign. they could help prove that the republican governor had bipartisan appeal. the chris christie campaign actively sought re-election endorsements from local officials in tenafly. you can see where the governor's campaign wanted this thing. look at this growing story in the local press, this was right before election day last year. a borrow official on friday became the latest democrat to reach across the aisle and stump for chris christie. anthony barcelatto became the 60th democrat in new jersey to endorse chris christie in his bid for a second term. well, now, thanks to new reporting for the new york times we know how the christie administration internally planned to get those endorsements, in order to get those very nice headlines heading into election day. one of the ways the christie campaign courted their top priority endorsements from local officials was to