Mr. Christie declared that his decisive win should be a lesson for the nation's broken political system and his feuding party: In a state where Democrats outnumber Republicans by over 700,000, Mr. Christie won a majority of the votes of women and Hispanics and made impressive inroads among younger voters and blacks — groups that Republicans nationally have struggled to attract.
The governor prevailed despite holding positions contrary to those of many New Jersey voters on several key issues, including same-sex marriage, abortion rights and the minimum wage, and despite an economic recovery that has trailed the rest of the country.
He attracted a broad coalition by campaigning as a straight-talking, even swaggering, leader who could reach across the aisle to solve problems.
"I know that if we can do this in Trenton, N.J., then maybe the folks in Washington, D.C., should tune in their TVs right now and see how it's done," Mr. Christie told a packed crowd at Convention Hall in Asbury Park, where his musical idol, Bruce Springsteen, holds holiday concerts, and where red and blue lighting gave the gathering a presidential campaign-like glow.
The governor all but lectured Republicans about how to appeal to groups beyond their base. "We don't just show up in the places where we're comfortable, we show up in the places we're uncomfortable," he said, adding, "You don't just show up 6 months before an election."
Around the country, Republicans alarmed by the surging grass roots support for the Tea Party wing were cheered by Mr. Christie's success, saying they hope their party will learn not only from the size of Mr. Christie's margin over Barbara Buono, a Democratic state senator, but also from the makeup of his support.
"We'll be led back by our governors, and Chris Christie is now at the forefront of that resurgence," said Ed Gillespie, a former chairman of the Republican National Committee.
"He's proved that a conservative Republican can get votes from Hispanics and African-Americans, that a pro-life governor can get votes from women. This means that those voters are available to us, that we're not shut out demographically or geographically — that it's worth the effort."
Mr. Christie's strategy of bipartisanship and outreach deliberately echoed that of another Republican governor who seized the White House after eight years of Democratic control: George W. Bush.
"We work together and they don't," Mr. Christie said in an interview on Tuesday morning, contrasting Trenton and Washington. "It's not like we like each other any more than they do. I got plenty of Democrats I don't like here and that don't like me. But we've made the decision that we're going to work together."
In the interview, Mr. Christie said intelligent voices were being drowned out in Washington, and described the effort led by Senator Ted Cruz of Texas to cut off funding for President Obama's health care program as "a monumental failure."
The swell of national attention around Mr. Christie had grown in the run-up to Election Day, as network cameras filmed his every move — he had a CNN microphone clipped to his tie as he campaigned on Tuesday morning at the Peterpank Diner in Central New Jersey. His campaign bus had been swarmed by people seeking autographs on photos of the governor at the White House, on the cover of Time magazine, and even with his wife, Mary Pat, on their wedding day. Some clearly hoped to offer the souvenirs later for sale.
Mr. Christie's national profile will only increase later this month as he assumes leadership of the Republican Governors Association, which gives him sway over which state candidates the party will support, allowing him to rack up favors with other Republicans and create relationships with local leaders in key presidential states.
In the interview, Mr. Christie said he would be appearing frequently in "places like Ohio and Michigan and Florida," all states with incumbent Republican governors up for re-election next year. He has also told South Carolina Republicans that he wants to help Senator Lindsey Graham, who is facing a conservative primary challenge next year. And in New Hampshire, which has the country's first presidential primary, the national committeeman, Stephen Duprey, said he was inviting Mr. Christie to the state to discuss policy and to raise money for the party.
Still, Mr. Christie has to be governor of New Jersey, and that may complicate his plans to run for the presidency.
Allison Kopicki contributed reporting.
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