Cory Booker Archives - New Jersey Globe

Eight incumbents, six challengers win congressional primaries uncontested

June 2, 2026 8:00 pmJune 2, 2026 8:13 pm

Results from New Jersey’s contested primaries will be streaming in all night – but for a large number of the state’s congressional candidates, their path to the November general election was guaranteed when the state’s filing period ended. Despite a...

50 municipal primaries we’re watching on Tuesday

June 1, 2026 5:30 amJune 2, 2026 1:43 am

Here’s a list of 50 municipalities with contested primary elections the New Jersey Globe will be watching when the polls close on Tuesday evening: Bernards: Kirsten Light, a former school board member, is challenging organization-backed candidates Paul Humbert, a 74-year-old...

Booker backs party slate in competitive Bloomfield primary

May 29, 2026 10:55 amMay 29, 2026 11:48 am

Senator Cory Booker is taking sides in the primary race for three Bloomfield council seats, endorsing the party-backed candidates, the opposite side of his fellow U.S. senator. Booker is joining Gov. Mikie Sherrill in backing the organization slate, putting him...

In U.S. Senate debate, Republicans make the case for how they’d beat Booker

May 28, 2026 10:41 pmMay 30, 2026 9:32 am

Whoever wins the Republican nomination for Senate next Tuesday has a herculean task ahead of them: defeating incumbent Senator Cory Booker and giving New Jersey Republicans a U.S. Senate victory for the first time since 1972. Four Republicans have stepped...

D.C. Dispatch: What N.J.’s members of Congress did in Washington this week

May 22, 2026 8:01 pm

What was meant to be Republicans’ big week for passing Reconciliation 2.0, a party-line bill providing $70 billion for immigration enforcement, ended up becoming a politically fraught boondoggle, and a resolution won’t be coming until members return from the Memorial...

Bennett, Hamawy pull further away in fundraising, per pre-primary reports

May 22, 2026 4:48 pm

The last FEC reports before New Jersey’s June 2 primary election were due last night, and among other things, they show two leading Democratic candidates in competitive House primaries pulling further away from the pack. In the 7th district, Rebecca...

Booker backs Cruz, Veliky in Passaic

May 19, 2026 10:39 amMay 19, 2026 10:31 am

U.S. Senator Cory Booker is taking sides in a contested primary for Passaic County Commissioner, backing incumbent Orlando Cruz and his running mate, Nick Veliky, in the June 2 Democratic primary. “Nick Veliky and Orlando Cruz have shown a strong...