High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Mike DuHaime (born 1974), a Republican strategist and public affairs executive, is a managing director at Mercury Public Affairs, LLC,a national public affairs firm. He was the chief strategist for the successful campaign of former U.S. Attorney Chris Christie for Governor of New Jersey in 2009. Christie unseated the incumbent, Democrat Jon Corzine, by nearly 100,000 votes. He served as one of ten members of Gov. Christie`s transition team and was the chairman of the authorities subcommittee.