New Jersey Governor Chris Christie is currently leading state Sen. Barbara Buono by 30 points with the election still months away. Christie could sit back and coast to victory but instead the Christie campaign has been inundating the airwaves with ads, including some very negative ads, according to ABC News.

Hank Sheinkopf, a Democratic strategist, spoke with ABC News about how Christie is pulling out all of the stops in order to win by a landslide, something that would make him an even more favorable presidential candidate in 2016.

"It's a Democratic state, and he's taking no chances and he wants to roll big numbers," Sheinkopf said. "No one will remember the negative ads outside of New Jersey, but when it's done, what people will remember nationally are his numbers in a Democratic state. As a Republican he wants to win big in a state that tends to vote for Democrats overall."

The negative ads being run by Christie accuse Buono of raising taxes as well as being identical to former New Jersey Governor Jon Corzine, the man Christie defeated to become governor in 2009. Christie's campaign spokesman Kevin Roberts accused Buono of running an all negative campaign while explaining why the Christie campaign is going for the throat.

"We're not taking anything for granted," Roberts told ABC News. "That is the motivating force...The race will tighten, and we need to educate New Jersey voters about her record in a way she won't."

Running advertisements in New Jersey can be very expensive. New Jersey doesn't have a market of its own; instead it uses the New York and Philadelphia markets, two of the most expensive in the country, according to ABC News.

When it comes to money Christie has a huge advantage over Buono with $1.5 million more on hand to spend in the upcoming months, according to ABC News.

Buono's communications director, David Turner, told ABC News about how Christie has to run negative ads because of the greater number of Democrats in the Garden State.

"His failed economic record with more than 400,000 people unemployed and property taxes up nearly 20 percent means he's got to mislead the voters and distort Sen. Buono's record to distract from his failed economic policies," Turner said. "When you look at the issues and the issues most important to New Jersey, Gov. Christie has been abysmal, and I think he understands he's going to have to answer a lot of questions about why he's been unable to get New Jersey out of the economic morass it's currently in."

An unnamed Republican strategist told ABC News that New Jersey is a dangerous state for Republicans and that Christie can't let a lead of any size make him comfortable.

"It would be great for Christie and his future to run up the score, but that's not the main thing," the source said. "In New Jersey, things change very fast, and you always have to watch your flank."