Christie tells allies he plans to make major announcement at New Hampshire town hall, AP source says

Former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie [1] is planning to announce he's dropping his Republican presidential bid at his New Hampshire town hall on Wednesday night.

That's according to a person with direct knowledge of the former New Jersey governor's plans who spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity to disclose private discussions.

Christie has been under intense pressure to exit the Republican presidential primary race as critics of Donald Trump [2] work to unify behind a viable alternative to the former president.

Christie is scheduled to host a town hall meeting in Windham at 5 p.m., hours before two of his rivals, former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, meet for the fifth GOP presidential debate [3] of the 2024 election cycle.

It is the only debate that Christie did not qualify for.

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