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Christie, Wife Earned At Last $600,000 During 2014

TRENTON, N.J. (CBS News/CBSNewYork) -- New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie and his wife, Mary Pat Christie, earned at least $600,000 in 2014, according to state financial disclosure records, CBS News reported Wednesday.

The forms reflect income ranges, rather than exact amounts. Christie reported earning between $100,000 and $250,000 in income (the governor's salary is $175,000), and his wife Mary Pat reported earning more than $500,000, CBS News reported.

Last month, Mary Pat Christie left her job as a managing director at Wall Street investment firm Angelo, Gordon & Co. ahead of a possible presidential run by her husband.

The Christies' 2014 income was roughly similar to their income in 2013, when they reported earning almost $700,000, CBS News reported.

During an editorial board meeting with the Manchester Union-Leader last month, Christie said he doesn't consider his family "wealthy."

"Wealth is defined in a whole bunch of different ways," he later explained, according to NJ.com. "Mary Pat and I have worked really hard, we have done well over the course of our lives, but, you know, we have four children to raise and a lot of things to do."

While Christie hasn't yet declared a presidential bid, the man he could be hoping to replace, President Barack Obama, hasn't done so bad himself.

Mr. Obama and first lady Michelle Obama earned an adjusted gross income of $477,383 in 2014, according to federal income tax returns released by the White House last month. It's a hefty sum, but a far cry from the millions they were earning during the first few years of Mr. Obama's presidency, when he was still drawing big checks from book royalties.

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