When he was first elected governor, he stood up to the teachers' unions, which got him many a kudo;/ OTOH, everything else, he did as governor, was TERRIBLE! He raised taxes, he put lefty and Muslim judges on the bench, slobbered over Obama and Sprigsteen, and worse....ALL before Trump threw his hat into the ring!
Hence my post about being "uneducated".
My daughter lived in New Jersey when he was governor. She didn’t like him one bit.