(Image source: Gizmodo )   BY ELIZABETH HAGEDORN   Facebook creator Mark Zuckerberg has liked baby walruses and Taylor Swift on his social media site, but he has also given a “thumbs up” to a well-known politician... in real life. The young billionaire will be hosting a fundraiser for New Jersey Governor Chris Christie at his Palo Alto home in February. [Video via ABC ] A Christie strategist told BuzzFeed , which broke the story, that Zuckerberg approached the governor’s campaign about fundraising for his 2013 re-election bid. While it may come as a surprise to see the 28-year old internet mogul throwing his support behind the 50-year old Republican... this isn’t the first time Zuckerberg has been linked to Christie. Back in 2010, the Facebook CEO donated $100 million to Newark public schools -- an announcement made with Christie on The Oprah Winfrey Show. A spokesperson for Zuckerberg and his wife says, “They admire his leadership on education reform and other issues and look forward to continuing their important work together on behalf of Newark’s school children.” And writer for U.S. News and World Report points out that’s not the only thing the two share. “Both men have shown a centrist's tendency to put pragmatism over ideology, the type of approach popular with independents …  Zuckerberg and Christie may have one other thing in common: a deep disdain for establishmentarianism and business-as-usual bureaucrats.” While Zuckerberg has never made clear his political leanings, he did hold a town hall event at Facebook’s offices with President Obama last year, in which he was even convinced to trade in his usual sweatshirt for a suit and tie. [Video via CBS ]   Still, the news has a writer at the Atlantic Wire asking “Is Zuckerberg a secret Republican?” “Like many Silicon Valley tech dudes who suddenly came into a pile of money and want to run a company without all that government oversight, he probably has lost some of his left-leaning, free-information-for-all tendencies.” Tickets to the fundraiser are reportedly $3,800 a person. But it’s not as though the Christie campaign needs it -- recent campaign filings show he already has $2 million stored up. Recent polls show his approval ratings well over 70%.