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.
Gov. Chris Christie's administration says in a new court filing that there is no reason to push back a special U.S. Senate election to the same day as the gubernatorial election.
Last week, Governor Chris Christie scheduled a special election for Oct. 16, three weeks before the general election to fill a U.S. Senate seat vacated by the death of U.S. Sen. Frank Lautenberg.