Republican candidate Steve Lonegan told the audience during Wednesday night’s final New Jersey Senate debate against Newark Mayor Cory Booker that Newark’s budget was a “big black hole” and its Passaic River full of murder victims. The Star-Ledger reports that Lonegan, the
Sarah Palin and Mark Levin are hitting the Garden State this weekend in the hopes of buoying Republican Senate candidate Steve Lonegan’s campaign against Cory Booker. In the process, their appearance in the “largest grassroots campaign event in New Jersey history” will
Recent polls in the New Jersey special Senate election, which will be held next week, indicate that Republican Senate nominee Steve Lonegan’s hard charging attacks on Democratic Senate nominee and Newark Mayor Cory Booker have caused Garden State voters to
National Review editor Rich Lowry announced Wednesday that his publication will sue Newark mayor and Democrat US Senate candidate Cory Booker, the City of Newark, and that city’s police department. The dispute stems from NR’s desire to verify a story
By KATIE ZEZIMAAssociated PressNEWARK, N.J.Mayor Cory Booker, with six weeks left in his campaign for a U.S. Senate seat, is grappling with a surge in violence that has left nine people dead in his city in as many days. Booker,
Politico: In an interview on MSNBC with Chris Hayes, Newark Mayor Cory Booker responds to comments about whether or not he is gay. Booker replies, ‘my sexuality not an issue’
LOS ANGELES, Aug. 28 (UPI)–Ben Affleck, Matt Damon and J.J. Abrams are to serve as hosts of a fundraiser for Cory Booker’s U.S. Senate race, The Hollywood Reporter said. Jennifer Garner, Jerry Weintraub, Michael Eisner and Ted Sarandos are also
The American Commitment Action Fund (AC Action Fund) and Susan B. Anthony List (SBA List) sent out a joint press release about their new ad attacking Newark Mayor Cory Booker’s abortion record. He is the Democrat nominee for New Jersey
President Barack Obama has put his weight behind Newark mayor Cory Booker in the Democratic primary for the special election to fill the late Frank Lautenberg’s New Jersey Senate seat.
Focused on securing a historic landslide victory in November, New Jersey Governor Chris Christie is keeping distance between himself and GOP Senate candidate Steve Lonegan. Allies of the Governor say they expect he will formally endorse Lonegan for the October
Buried within an article on Newark Mayor Cory Booker’s run for U.S. Senate, Edward-Isaac Dovere of Politico admits “the irony that in the age of Obama, Republicans have done a better job than Democrats of bringing diversity through their ranks.”
(AP) Booker cruises in NJ Democratic Senate primaryBy GEOFF MULVIHILL and ANGELA DELLI SANTIAssociated PressTRENTON, N.J.Cory Booker brushed off three experienced opponents in a victory in New Jersey’s special Democratic U.S. Senate primary, setting up a campaign of deep contrasts
(AP) Cory Booker, a rising star in the Democratic Party, and Steve Lonegan, a Republican former mayor won their parties’ primaries on Tuesday to set up a campaign of political and stylistic contrasts as they seek to fill the final
Last week, Newark, New Jersey Mayor Cory Booker came under fire for alleged crony capitalism involving his Internet startup, Waywire, which tapped CNN chief Jeff Zucker’s 15-year-old son to be a compensated “millennial adviser” for Booker’s company. Now, on Monday, the
The Daily Mail reports that Cory Booker, a Democrat currently running to be the next United States Senator from New Jersey, put CNN boss Jeff Zucker’s 14year-old son on the board of his online start-up company — and awarded the
The American Commitment Action Fund (AC Action Fund) has launched a new ad attacking Newark, New Jersey Mayor Cory Booker’s failure to properly utilize a $100 million gift to Newark schools by Facebook Founder Mark Zuckerberg that was announced on
(AP) NEWARK, N.J.–Oprah Winfrey is holding a fundraiser for Democratic Newark, N.J., Mayor Cory Booker’s bid for the U.S. Senate. Tickets for Thursday’s event in Jersey City range from $1,000 to $2,600. Booker’s campaign says about 200 people are expected
(AP) – Newark Mayor Cory Booker on Saturday formally announced he’s in the race to finish the U.S. Senate term of the late Frank Lautenberg. The 44-year-old Democrat made his candidacy official at a news conference Saturday in Newark, New
Earlier this week, I wrote that NJ Gov. Chris Christie faced a national test on the decisions he needed to make to fill the vacancy of deceased Sen. Frank Lautenberg. Apparently, Christie decided to audit the class. Instead, he chose
The death Monday of NJ Sen. Frank Lautenberg presents Gov. Chris Christie with a host of difficult choices. This being New Jersey, of course, it is even more complicated as state law appears to be in conflict. It is unclear
Mayor Cory Booker, D-Newark, says he’s “interested” in retiring New Jersey Democrat Sen. Frank Lautenberg’s seat, but right now he’s focused on supporting his party’s Gubernatorial candidate.
(AP) NJ Sen. Frank Lautenberg says he will retireBy ANDREW TAYLORAssociated PressWASHINGTONNew Jersey Democratic Sen. Frank Lautenberg (LOW’-tuhn-burg) says he will not seek re-election. The 89-year-old lawmaker is the last remaining veteran of World War II in the Senate and
CORY BOOKER, NEWARK MAYOR (D-N.J.): To me, the data should drive our decision making. So I know, I’m not afraid of people having guns who are law abiding citizens. In the analysis of gun murders and shootings in my city,
Fox News commentator Geraldo Rivera announced on his radio show that he is “truly contemplating” a Republican run for the Senate in New Jersey. “I mention this only briefly, fasten your seatbelt,” Rivera said on his Thursday’s broadcast. “I mentioned
Because nothing says serious political candidate like a famous mustache and a bizarre history of covering faux Satanic ritual popularity, Geraldo Rivera is prepping for a New Jersey senatorial run, the radio and television host said Thursday. “I mention this
