Instead, Christie picked Samson's former law partner, New Jersey Attorney General Jeffrey Chiesa.
On June 6, 2013, Christie appointed Republican New Jersey Attorney General Jeffrey Chiesa to fill the Senate seat until the elected winner can be sworn in.
No Republican has been elected to represent New Jersey in the Senate since Case's last victory in 1972 ( Republicans Nicholas F . Brady and Jeffrey Chiesa served only as appointees ).
Jeffrey Chiesa, a close friend of Christie's and former New Jersey attorney general, was among the people who had been subpoeaned by the Manhattan District Attorney, but that he is not a target of the investigation.