\nNov. 6 (Bloomberg) \u2014 As Chris Christie\u2019s left hand held onto Henry Kissinger\u2019s right shoulder, eyes around the Four Seasons Grill Room in Manhattan darted discreetly.<\/p>\n
\tThe New Jersey governor stood up from his lunch yesterday with billionaires Steve Wynn and Richard LeFrak to greet the former secretary of state. Christie\u2019s meal at the restaurant, where a two-course $28 lunch offers wild-boar Bolognese and fig- stuffed quail, was relaxed compared with visiting 19 states in the five days leading up to elections on Nov. 4.<\/p>\n
\t\u201cIt was a very benign conversation, it was happy,\u201d LeFrak, chairman of New York-based real estate firm LeFrak Organization, said afterward. \u201cIt was a completely social occasion, just exchanging pleasantries.\u201d<\/p>\n
\tThe midterm election, estimated to be the most expensive ever in the U.S., bolsters Christie\u2019s standing after he helped raise a record $102 million as chairman of the Republican Governors Association. He said on one of five national television appearances yesterday morning that he was working on two hours of sleep and wanted a nap.<\/p>\n
\tAt a table that included art dealer William Acquavella, they talked about auctions like the Sotheby\u2019s sale this week featuring a $101 million Alberto Giacometti sculpture of a woman on a chariot, LeFrak said. They also talked about Larry Hogan\u2019s surprise win in Maryland\u2019s race for governor, one of at least two governors\u2019 offices Republicans added to the 29 they already controlled, as the party captured the U.S. Senate.<\/p>\n
\tLosing Team<\/p>\n
\tAfter an election fueled by record donations from Wall Street, conversation turned to politics elsewhere in the restaurant, designed by Philip Johnson and Ludwig Mies van der Rohe. Eating the Bolognese at the bar, Bill Kenney, 68, said he wasn\u2019t thrilled about either party.<\/p>\n
\t\u201cThe last-place team lost to the team that\u2019s second-to- last,\u201d said Kenney, who was an executive at trading firm Spear, Leeds & Kellogg, which acquired by Goldman Sachs Group Inc. in 2000.<\/p>\n
\tLeFrak has donated to Republicans including congressman- turned-banker Eric Cantor and Democrats including Hillary Clinton, Federal Election Commission records show. Christie wasn\u2019t up for election this time, and LeFrak said his table didn\u2019t discuss the governor\u2019s potential presidential run.<\/p>\n
\t\u201cA lot of us would think he would be a good candidate,\u201d he said. \u201cBut that was not the subject of the conversation.\u201d<\/p>\n
\tWynn, chairman of Las Vegas-based Wynn Resorts Ltd., said New Jersey\u2019s Atlantic City \u201cis the enemy\u201d when he presented plans last year in Philadelphia for a casino license as Pennsylvania builds a competing gaming industry.<\/p>\n
\tBefore guiding 91-year-old Kissinger to Christie, Julian Niccolini, a partner in the restaurant, said his guests have other concerns beside yesterday\u2019s elections.<\/p>\n
\t\u201cMy customers, they don\u2019t care,\u201d he said. \u201cTheir pockets are getting so full they don\u2019t know where to put their money.\u201d<\/p>\n
\t\u2013With assistance from Terrence Dopp and Elise Young in Trenton.<\/p>\n
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