To the immense relief of just about everybody, Chris Christie’s tenure in the State House is about to come to an end. Monday was the deadline to file for the primaries, and 11 people —five Republicans and six Democrats—submitted petitions of 1,000 signatures, which places them on their parties’ ballots.

As of now, two Democrats are considered contenders for nomination to become New Jersey’s Governor in the 2017 election.

This was a big week in New Jersey for Democratic gubernatorial politics.

All five acknowledged aspirants to the Democratic nomination for Governor of New Jersey took part in last weekend’s Monmouth County Democratic convention.