Christie, Huckabee coming to S.C. on Tuesday

New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, who is still weighing a 2016 GOP presidential bid, will make his first appearance in South Carolina in five months at a Columbia meet-and-greet held by a college friend next week.

Christie will attend the event at the Nexsen Pruet office on Tuesday hosted by Leighton Lord, according to a copy of invitation obtained by The State. The Garden State boss attended a meet-and-greet in the same law office in January.

Despite his extended break from South Carolina, he ranks seventh in recent Palmetto State presidential polls.

Christie will not be the only Republican presidential primary prospect visiting Columbia on Tuesday.

Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee, who came close to winning the S.C. GOP presidential primary in 2008, will meet with the S.C. House Republican Caucus.

The Columbia visit will be Huckabee’s second in two weeks after greeting voters at a restaurant last Thursday.