Newark Mayor Cory Booker says he is "clearly interested" in running for U.S. Senate but will focus on the state's gubernatorial race at the moment.
New Jersey's senior U.S. Senator will travel today to his hometown of Paterson to announce his pending retirement. Frank Lautenberg will not seek re-election in 2014 and that changes the entire dynamic of that particular race.
With Frank Lautenberg announcing that he will not seek re-election in 2014, it may not only be Newark Mayor Cory Booker jumping into the 2014 U.S. Senate race.
Newark Mayor Cory Booker is praising U.S. Sen. Frank Lautenberg for his service to the city and state following Lautenberg's announcement he won't seek re-election next year.
U.S. Senator Frank Lautenberg (D-NJ) will not run for re-election next year. New Jersey’s senior U.S. Senator has decided to call it quits.
Senator Frank Lautenberg took the opportunity during his speech at the New Jersey Chamber Of Commerce's dinner in Washington on Thursday night to make another dig at potential 2014 challenger and Newark Mayor Cory Booker.