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  • New Jersey voters are deciding Tuesday which candidates will run to fill the seat of the late Sen. Frank Lautenberg, who died in June.
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  • Tim Fleischer reports on the political fight over Frank Lautenberg's Senate seat
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  • Gov. Chris Christie signed 10 gun-related bills into law Thursday, including a measure disqualifying people on the federal terrorist watch list from being able to buy guns.
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  • The three other Democrats running in New Jersey's special U.S. Senate election finally got their crack at Newark Mayor Cory Booker in a debate that showed their differences seem to be more in outlook than in policy.
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  • New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie said that he was simply answering a question about his views on a National Security Agency program before Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul criticized him.
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  • Tickets for Thursday's event in Jersey City range from $1,000 to $2,600. Booker's campaign says about 200 people are expected to attend.
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  • New Jersey Democratic gubernatorial candidate Barbara Buono has introduced her running mate, union leader Milly Silva.
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  • The first televised debate in the New Jersey Senate campaign was held Saturday, but Democratic frontrunner Cory Booker did not attend.
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  • Democratic gubernatorial candidate Barbara Buono has unveiled her economic plan for the state, and it contrasts sharply with Gov. Chris Christie's policies.
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  • New Jersey Democrats are taking the gay marriage fight to the Republican community where the Senate minority leader lives.
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  • Steven Fulop was sworn in as Jersey City's 49th mayor during a private at his City Hall office just after midnight.
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  • Gov. Chris Christie said he would again veto a same-sex marriage bill if it reaches his desk, and that Wednesday's U.S. Supreme Court ruling striking down a ban on federal benefits for same-sex married couples will have no effect on New Jersey, one of a handful of states that allows civil unions.
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  • The full state Assembly passed a bill Monday that would increase the fine for not observing traffic lanes to between $100 and $300.
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  • Democratic lawmakers in the New Jersey Senate say they expect to reach a bipartisan deal on a $32.9 billion state budget by Thursday.
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  • A special U.S. Senate election to replace the late Democratic Sen. Frank Lautenberg can be held in October, as it was scheduled by Republican Gov. Chris Christie, a New Jersey court ruled Thursday.
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  • Two elected officials from North Jersey are the latest Democrats to back Republican Gov. Chris Christie in his bid for re-election this fall.
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  • Anthony Johnson reports on the race for Frank Lautenberg's Senate seat
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  • Republican Gov. Chris Christie appointed state Attorney General Jeffrey Chiesa to the Senate temporarily and called special primary for Aug. 13 and general election for mid-October for the remainder of the term.
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  • Newark Mayor Cory Booker announced his candidacy for U.S. Senate Saturday and was endorsed by former Senator Bill Bradley.
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  • Newark Mayor Cory Booker, who has used his social-media and political savvy to gain national prominence, is in the race to finish the U.S. Senate term of the late Frank Lautenberg, along with two Democratic congressmen and a Republican former mayor.
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  • Chiesa will temporarily fill the US Senate seat and will not run in the October special election to pick a permanent replacement.
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  • The rules are set and now the scramble is on for filling the U.S. Senate seat that became vacant this week when the nation's oldest senator, Frank Lautenberg, died.
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  • Republican Gov. Chris Christie and Democratic state Sen. Barbara Buono easily won their parties' nominations in the gubernatorial primary elections, setting up a general election showdown.
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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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