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  • Voters are heading to the polls in New Jersey for the US Senate special election between Democrat Cory Booker and Republican Steve Lonegan.
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  • Gov. Chris Christie makes no apologies for his tough talk in a debate with Sen. Barbara Buono.
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  • Cory Booker's path to Wednesday's U.S. Senate election has been bumpier than anticipated.
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  • Sarah Palin is slated to join the Republican running for U.S. Senate in New Jersey at a campaign event days before the special election.
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  • Senate candidate Steve Lonegan fired a campaign advisor after comments about Cory Booker.
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  • Cary Booker, the father of Newark Mayor Cory Booker, passed away in Las Vegas Thursday at age 76 after suffering a recent stroke.
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  • With one week to go before a special election for U.S. Senate, Democrat Cory Booker is betting that New Jersey voters will find Republican Steve Lonegan's support for the government shutdown and opposition to gay marriage too extreme.
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  • New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie refused to rule out a 2016 presidential run Tuesday night during the first debate in his gubernatorial re-election campaign.
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  • Democrat Cory Booker and Republican Steve Lonegan faced off in their first debate in the race for the U.S. Senate in New Jersey on Friday.
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  • Lonegan gains ground against Booker in new poll
  • A Quinnipiac University poll out Wednesday shows 64 percent of likely voters back the Republican governor.
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  • Lonegan gains ground against Booker in new poll
  • The Quinnipiac University poll released Tuesday shows 53 percent back Democratic Newark Mayor Booker, while 41 percent support former Bogota Mayor Lonegan.
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  • A new poll shows many New Jerseyans support three pieces of gun control legislation that were recently vetoed by Gov. Chris Christie.
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  • A federal appeals court dealt another blow to New Jersey's efforts to legalize sports gambling Tuesday, upholding a ruling that the state's betting law conflicts with federal law and shouldn't be implemented.
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  • To neighbors who've complained about the overgrown backyard and the squatters who live inside, the property stands as a marked contrast to Booker's public image as an urban crusader.
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  • Gov. Chris Christie has agreed to two gubernatorial debate dates, but opponent Barbara Buono objects to debating Christie the night before the special U.S. Senate election.
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  • Sen. Barbara Buono showed some offense in her campaign against Gov. Chris Christie the week before Labor Day, challenging his "Stronger than the Storm" ad campaign and redoubling her appeal to women, a majority of whom support the governor's re-election bid.
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  • Political reporter Dave Evans has more
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  • Tim Fleischer reports on the political fight over Frank Lautenberg's Senate seat
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  • Anthony Johnson reports on the race for Frank Lautenberg's Senate seat
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  • Anthony Johnson reports on the two major candidates for governor of the Garden State
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  • New Jersey Democrats came out in force Saturday to support their newly minted candidate for governor, state Sen. Barbara Buono.
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  • Cory Booker has filed the paperwork for his U.S. Senate run, according to the Federal Election Commission.
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  • Newark Mayor Cory Booker has announced via Twitter that he will explore a run for U.S. Senate in 2014.
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  • New Jersey's State Senate President plans to introduce a measure on Monday that would put a minimum wage increase before voters.
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  • Republican U.S. Senate candidate Joe Kyrillos and his wife earned a combined $437,500 last year, according to joint tax returns his campaign released Friday.
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  • Democrats have agreed to fund the 10 percent tax cut Christie's demanding, but they say they'll release the $183 million in January - if the state can afford it.
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  • Anthony Johnson reports on Primary day in New Jersey
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  • The Assembly's Budget Committee has hearings scheduled Monday to hear spending plans for the Departments of Environmental Protection, Military and Veteran Affairs, Agriculture and Treasury.
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  • Darla Miles reports on a same-sex marriage bill in New Jersey
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  • Anthony Johnson reports on the sudden death of a longtime New Jersey politician
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  • Wisconsin state workers protesting a move to severely curtail their collective bargaining rights have found allies in New Jersey.
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  • Anthony Johnson reports
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  • The murder charges against Shamsiddin Abdur Raheem make it clear.
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  • His office says doctors treated U.S. Sen. Frank Lautenberg for a bleeding ulcer Tuesday.
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  • Gov. Chris Christie has ruled out increasing highway tolls or the gas tax to help solve New Jersey's budget woes.
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  • The Legislature on Monday approved a bill that would make the state the 14th to allow chronically ill patients access to marijuana.
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  • The New Jersey Legislature has approved a measure to legalize the use of marijuana for medical reasons.
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