Cory Booker News

Democrats from the state's seven southern counties threw their support behind Cory Booker's U.S. Senate bid during an event in West Deptford Wednesday.

Max Kleinman, executive vice president of the Jewish Federation of Greater MetroWest NJ, at a Jewish Historical Society dinner honoring Newark Mayor Cory Booker in 2011.

U.S. Rep. Rush Holt is shown in this file photo. Holt launched his Senate website today by bringing up how he beat IBM's "Watson" in a round of Jeopardy! TRENTON - Two years ago, U.S. Rep. Rush Holt beat IBM's "Jeopardy!"-playing supercomputer "Watson" in an exhibition match in Washington.

In an accelerated election for a new U.S. senator from New Jersey, the Democratic field is Cory Booker vs. everyone else.

The petition challenge against the Alieta Eck for Senate campaign has all but failed.

Every elected official wants to be popular like Chris Christie. First, they need to understand how he got so popular.

It is doubtful whether any democrat can beat popular Newark Mayor Cory Booker in the upcoming special primary , and the fact that he has three Democrats challenging him makes it the less likely.

Newark, N.J., Mayor Cory Booker has hired Obama campaign and Organizing for America veteran Addisu Demissie to manage his Senate campaign.

Newark Mayor Cory Booker announced he hired another veteran of President Barack Obama's campaign team to join his Senate campaign in New Jersey.

A group of female legislators is again asking Gov. Chris Christie to restore $7.5 million for women's health that he cut from the state budget.

A high school senior from Basking Ridge will learn about the intricacies of government on the local, county and state level when he gathers with other students for the week-long American Legion Jersey Boys State at Rider University beginning Monday.

Booker is building a grass-roots infrastructure with Obama alumni for his Senate bid.

Rep. Frank Pallone is calling for multiple debates leading up to the August Democratic U.S. Senate primary in New Jersey.

Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake and Comptroller Joan M. Pratt spent the better part of last year in heated political disputes, but by Christmastime, the two city leaders exchanged gifts.

The solution for the conflict is for my Palestinian brothers, who currently live in Gaza under the tyranny of Hamas to enjoy a benevolent, democratic government like the 1.5 million Arab citizens of Israel.

Democrats have won every election for U.S. Senate in New Jersey since 1972. The four candidates in the Aug. 13 primary for this year's special election start with more than $6 million combined in campaign cash.

Visits from Britain's prime minister, the Dalai Lama and assorted movie stars. A $100 million gift to the school system.

Former Police Chief Anthony Campos is suing Newark Mayor Cory Booker, alleging the mayor failed to deliver on promises he made while negotiating Campos' resignation as chief in 2008.

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.

Today is graduation day on my campus. At the University of California and thousands of other schools over the last few weeks, millions of students and their families have been celebrating and listening to commencement speakers.