The Republican said that after much "prayer and deliberation" after his second place finish in the Iowa caucus, he did not see a way to winning the primary on Tuesday.
The Maine Superior Court ruling also gives Secretary of State Shenna Bellows 30 days after the U.S. Supreme Court decision to issue a new ruling about Trump's eligibility.
Many Republicans including New Hampshire Governor Chis Sununu, have called for Christie, whose poll numbers have consistently been between 10-15%, to drop out in order to consolidate support around Nikki Haley.
Maine Secretary of State Sheena Bellows condemns swatting incident at her home and calls for respectful disagreement over Trump primary ballot decision.
During a town hall event in Berlin, New Hampshire, on Tuesday, a member of the audience asked Haley, the former governor of South Carolina, the cause of the Civil War.
Nearly a million residents accepted the $450 per person Winter Energy payment, which was part of Governor Janet Mills’ Emergency Energy Relief Plan when energy costs were at record levels.