Booker, Lonegan Win NJ Special US Senate Primaries
TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — A rising star in the Democratic Party
and 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 15 months of the term of the late U.S. Sen. Frank
Lautenberg.
Newark Mayor Cory Booker defeated three experienced politicians — U.S. Reps. Rush Holt and Frank Pallone, who had the support of Lautenberg’s family, and state Assembly Speaker Sheila Oliver — in a Democratic primary that may have been more competitive had the field been less crowded. The race was a major draw for them partly because of New Jersey’s history of electing only Democrats to the Senate over the past 40 years.
Newark Mayor Cory Booker defeated three experienced politicians — U.S. Reps. Rush Holt and Frank Pallone, who had the support of Lautenberg’s family, and state Assembly Speaker Sheila Oliver — in a Democratic primary that may have been more competitive had the field been less crowded. The race was a major draw for them partly because of New Jersey’s history of electing only Democrats to the Senate over the past 40 years.
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