Pro-choice rally in Washington
Sen. Frank Lautenberg, D-NJ, speaks during a pro-choice rally in Washington on April 7, 2011. Republican budget proposals would cut off funding to Planned Parenthood which provides abortion services in addition to other women's health services like family planning and cancer screening. UPI/Roger L. Wollenberg
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A poll Monday suggests New Jersey's two most popular political figures, Gov. Chris Christie and Newark Mayor Cory Booker, are cruising toward election wins.
Newark, N.J., Mayor Cory Booker Saturday announced he is running for the U.S. Senate seat left vacant after the death this week of Frank Lautenberg, D-N.J.
New Jersey Attorney General Jeff Chiesa will fill the U.S. Senate seat left vacant by the death Frank Lautenberg, Gov. Chris Christie announced Thursday.
Sen. Frank Lautenberg was recalled as "a mensch [good man] through and through" Wednesday at a New York memorial attended by governors and top U.S. lawmakers.
Republican New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie is nearly equally liked by Democrats, Republicans and independents, an NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll indicates.
New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie said Tuesday a special election to fill the U.S. Senate seat vacancy created by the death of Frank Lautenberg will be Oct. 16.
The environmental stewardship of Sen. Frank Lautenberg, D-N.J., helped ensure the health of countless U.S. citizens, the Sierra Club said.
Sen. Frank Lautenberg of New Jersey, the oldest member of the U.S. Senate, died Monday of viral pneumonia, his office said. He was 89.
Cory Booker, the celebrity mayor of Newark, N.J., says most of the $1.3 million he has earned for speeches since 2008 has gone to the IRS and charity.
U.S. President Obama said Wednesday the Senate vote to kill a bill expanding gun sale background checks was "shameful," but it was "just round 1" of the fight.
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