Booker Commands Senate Race After Doing Oprah Not Debate
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Newark Mayor Cory Booker heads into tomorrow’s special-election primary with a commanding lead among Democrats for a U.S. Senate seat after rivals failed to overcome his celebrity and money advantage in the 10-week campaign.
The well-known leader of New Jersey’s most populous city is favored to win the primary as well as the Oct. 16 special election for the seat left open by the June death of Senator Frank Lautenberg. Booker can “start looking for a Washington apartment,” Quinnipiac University pollster Maurice Carroll said after an Aug. 7 survey showed the mayor dominating the race.