Booker ad says he’ll face Washington problems
In his first campaign ad, Senate candidate Cory Booker touts is record in Newark and promises to confront problems that Washington “ducks,” while providing no specifics about which problems and how...
View ArticleBooker accepts 2 debates; Holt, Pallone want more
With one-quarter of the special primary campaign for U.S. Senate already over, the campaigns of two Democratic candidates battled Thursday over how many debates to have debates. Newark Mayor Cory...
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Christie offers support to Jersey City’s new mayor
Governor Christie attends the ceremonial swearing in of Jersey City Mayor Steven Fulop. They sit on opposite sides of the political aisle, but Governor Christie stood alongside Steven Fulop as he...
View ArticleBooker tells reporters to pay more attention to poverty
At a press conference about home foreclosures today, Newark Mayor Cory Booker ripped into news organizations for what he sees as too much focus on politics and too little on poverty. “When are we going...
View ArticleOliver says Christie should talk about important issues, not make jokes
Standing alongside union members and fellow Democrats outside a Newark home being foreclosed on, Assembly Speaker Sheila Oliver took shots at Governor Christie. “If we had a governor who has national...
View ArticleMorning News: Affordable housing decision due out today
State Sen. Barbara Buono, D-Middlesex, Governor Christie’s Democratic opponent in November’s election, released an ad criticizing Christie for out-of-state travel. Christie is at a conference this week...
View ArticleHolt pushes lower loan rate, Pallone drives a Chevy
Two new web ads released today show the different routes that Reps. Rush Holt and Frank Pallone are taking in their campaign for the Democratic nomination for U.S. Senate against each other and Newark...
View ArticleBooker pushes manufacturing jobs, Pallone focuses on construction
With one month until they face off in a Democratic primary in the special election to fill the late U.S. Sen. Frank Lautenberg’s seat, Rep. Frank Pallone and Newark Mayor Cory Booker have both unveiled...
View ArticleNew ads: Holt on mass death; Booker sets priorites; Pallone a regular guy
“Millions will die,” is not a phrase you hear candidates say often in campaign commercials, but that’s what lies ahead if the United States does not address climate change, Rep. Rush Holt says in a new...
View ArticleMorning news: Lautenberg’s wife joins Pallone as Senate candidates release...
Bonnie Englebardt Lautenberg appeared publicly with Rep. Frank Pallone yesterday for the first time since her family endorsed Pallone in his bid for her late husband’s U.S. Senate seat. Englebardt...
View ArticleMorning news: Strategists say gay marriage won’t hinder Christie’s...
If same-sex marriage becomes legal in New Jersey, it would not harm Governor Christie’s chances in the 2016 Republican presidential primary, The Record’s Charles Stile reports. Stile spoke with...
View ArticleMorning news: Buono selects running mate
Gubernatorial candidate Barbara Buono has chosen union leader Milly Silva to run as her lieutenant governor. Silva is executive vice president of 1199 SEIU United Healthcare Workers East, and Buono is...
View ArticleIn new TV ads, Holt calls Booker ‘no progressive,’ Booker touts endorsements
Newark Mayor Cory Booker is “no progressive” on several issues important to liberal voters, a new TV ad from Rep. Rush Holt argues. In the ad, Holt, D-Mercer, says the country needs “to pass a carbon...
View ArticleTorricelli major donor to Oliver Senate campaign
Former U.S. Senator Robert Torricelli was one of the top donors in Assembly Speaker Sheila Oliver’s bid for national office. Torricelli donated $1,000 to Oliver’s campaign to seek the Democratic...
View ArticleMorning News: Booker remains far ahead of rivals
A new poll finds Newark Mayor Cory Booker far ahead of his rivals in seeking a U.S. Senate seat. Yet the son of the late Sen. Frank Lautenberg criticized Booker’s campaign to fill his father’s seat....
View ArticleThe Senate candidates in their own words
Tuesday is the day of New Jersey’s special Senate primary, and in case you missed any this week, here’s a compilation of the stories we ran this week featuring thumbnail profiles of the candidates and...
View ArticleHolt plays straight man to Stephen Colbert
Cory Booker may have had his mock “feud” with Conan, but Rep. Rush Holt showed last night that Booker does not have a monopoly on late-night TV when he played straight man on the Colbert Report. The...
View ArticleAbsentees in Bergen favor Booker, Lonegan
Unofficial absentee ballot counts in Bergen County — New Jersey’s largest with 168,447 registered Democrats and 111,554 registered Republicans — show Democrat Cory Booker and Republican Steve Lonegan...
View ArticleA look at the numbers from last night
All the reporters and pundits who predicted wins by Democratic Newark Mayor Cory Booker and Republican former Bogota Mayor Steve Lonegan in last night’s special U.S. Senate primary were quickly proven...
View ArticlePrieto chosen for Assembly speaker; Greenwald, Bramnick to stay on as...
Vincent Prieto will become the next Assembly speaker when the chamber begins its new session in January. Assembly Democrats unanimously elected Prieto, who represents Secaucus, this morning. The...
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