Newark Mayor Cory Booker is heading to South Jersey for a U.S. Senate campaign event with some of the region's top elected Democrats, including state Senate President Stephen Sweeney.
Lawmakers in one northern New Jersey county have refused to allocate the roughly $850,000 needed to fund the state's special election for U.S. Senate in mid-October.
New Jersey's highest court will review Gov. Chris Christie's decision to hold a special election for U.S. Senate 20 days before his own gubernatorial election.
Four New Jersey Democrats are seeking their party's nomination to run for the U.S Senate seat that's up for grabs after the passing of longtime Senator Frank Lautenberg.
Republican Steve Lonegan & Dr. Alieta Eck along with Democrats Sheila Oliver and Frank Pallone turned in their petitions in Trenton, meeting today's deadline to be on the ballot for the special Senate election primary ballot in August.