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Cruz-Perez: Booker should run in 2020

State Sen. Nilsa Cruz-Perez (D-Camden) thinks U.S. Sen. Cory Booker should make a run at the presidency in 2020. “Absolutely, I love the guy,” Cruz-Perez said, referring to Booker. “I would support him 100%. I think very highly of him. I have a very good working relationship with him. I think he is an amazing person who understands the issues and is very sensitive to everybody in the nation, and
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Poll: Booker 4th in New Hampshire primary poll

New Jersey Senator Cory Booker is running fourth in a poll testing potential Democratic candidates in the 2020 New Hampshire presidential primary -- a relatively good number considering the history of New Hampshire polls this far out. The Suffolk University poll released today has Sen. Elizabeth Warren leading with 26%, followed by former Vice President Joe Biden (20%), Sen. Bernie Sanders (12.5%), and Booker with 8%. The second tier includes:
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Trump nominates Matey to Third Circuit

President Donald Trump today nominated Paul Matey, the former deputy chief counsel to Gov. Chris Christie, to serve as a circuit judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit. His nomination must now be approved by the United States Senate. Matey is now the senior vice president, general counsel and secretary at University Hospital in Newark.  He is a former Assistant U.S. Attorney, and served as a
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