Beto O'Rourke Archives - New Jersey Globe

Booker still trails in presidential contest

April 30, 2019 4:22 pmMay 1, 2019 8:34 am

U.S. Sen. Cory Booker (D-N.J.) trailed leading presidential candidates in a Quinnipiac University Poll released Tuesday but garnered enough support to clear most of the increasingly-wide field. Only 2% of Democratic and Democratic-leaning voters told pollsters they would vote for...

New Jersey helps fund Booker opponents

April 22, 2019 7:45 pm

While New Jersey Democrats are solidly behind Cory Booker for president, some of his rivals for the nomination are still raising money in Booker’s home turf. Booker reported raising $1,860,905 from New Jersey-based contributors, with an additional $302,876 going to...

Iowa poll: Booker has strong approvals but trails Biden, Sanders

April 11, 2019 1:00 pmApril 11, 2019 1:15 pm

Cory Booker has a 54%-17% favorable rating among Iowa Democrats, which puts him in the top quarter of announced and potential presidential candidates, but far behind former vice president Joe Biden. Booker is the sixth best-know candidate out of 24...

Booker raises $5.1 million for presidential bid

April 7, 2019 2:07 pm

Cory Booker has raised $5.1 million since announcing his bid for the Democratic presidential nomination on February 1 – an impressive but not overwhelming number. Barack Obama entered the presidential race on February 10, 2007 and raised $25.8 million during...

Quinnipiac: Cory Booker New York favorables at 31%-28%

March 21, 2019 8:56 amMarch 21, 2019 8:58 am

New Jersey’s Cory Booker has a 31%-28% favorable rating in New York, according to a new statewide Quinnipiac University poll released this morning. To put Booker’s favorables into some context: Gov. Andrew Cuomo is at 42%-45%, U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand...

Hamm, Campos Medina, Brendel to organize NJ Sanders campaign

March 18, 2019 11:03 pmMarch 19, 2019 11:12 am

Four years ago, when the New Jersey Democratic establishment largely lined up behind Hillary Clinton for president, Bernie Sanders still drew a prime campaign chairman: John Wisniewski, a longtime assemblyman and former state party chairman. This time, three top-flight progressive...

Beto O’Rourke NJ campaign to be organized by Mike Beson, Justin Shoham

March 14, 2019 10:48 amMarch 14, 2019 8:48 pm

The New Jersey campaign for Beto O’Rourke, the former Texas congressman who announced today that he will seek the Democratic presidential nomination, will be organized by veteran state operatives Michael Beson and Justin Shoham. They plan a kickoff meeting in...