Personal Life
Corzine married his high school sweetheart, Joanne Dougherty, in 1969 at the age of 22, and their 33-year marriage produced three children: Jennifer, Josh, and Jeffrey. The couple separated in 2002 and were divorced in November 2003. In November 2005, Dougherty told The New York Times that Corzine "let his family down, and he'll probably let New Jersey down, too." This quote was used by gubernatorial opponent Doug Forrester in a campaign advertisement.
Corzine had lived with his wife in Summit. After their separation, Corzine moved to a condominium apartment building in Hudson County, city of Hoboken, in the same building as his married girlfriend, Carla Katz, the New Jersey state union leader; U.S. Senator Robert Menendez (D-NJ); and NFL quarterbacks Eli Manning and Jesse Palmer.
In April 2010, The Huffington Post announced the engagement of Corzine and psychotherapist Sharon Elghanayan, whom he had been dating since 2004. On November 23, 2010, Corzine married Elghanayan in a ceremony presided over by Chief Justice of the New Jersey Supreme Court Stuart Rabner, according to an announcement in The New York Times.
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