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Booker Senate campaign has $53k

February 1, 2020 10:37 am

Cory Booker, who dropped his bid for the Democratic presidential nomination on January 13, has $53,551 cash-on-hand in his U.S. Senate campaign account. Now back in New Jersey and running for re-election, Booker has been raising money at a furious...

In a fundraising e-mail, Booker announces re-election bid

January 14, 2020 10:28 pm

Cory Booker formally announced his candidacy for re-election to the U.S. Senate in a fundraising e-mail as he seeks to quickly raise money to keep a job that is now is consolation prize. The announcement comes one day after he...

Longtime progressive activist will challenge Booker in Senate primary

December 19, 2019 10:41 am

Lawrence Hamm, a progressive leader for the last five decades, will challenge Cory Booker in the 2020 Democratic primary for U.S. Senate. Booker, who is campaigning for the Democratic nomination for president, has not yet announced if he will seek...

Tribute to Mayor Gibson: former Newark school board member Lawrence Hamm

March 30, 2019 5:06 pmMarch 30, 2019 6:49 pm

I received with great sadness the news of the passing of former Newark Mayor Kenneth A. Gibson. The photo below shows Mayor Gibson (center) and his wife Camille in attendance at the annual observance of the 1967 Newark Rebellion that...