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POLITICO Get the New Jersey Playbook newsletter Email Sign Up By signing up you agree to receive email newsletters or updates from POLITICO and you agree to our privacy policy and terms of service. You can unsubscribe at any time and you can contact us here. This sign-up form is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply. Presented by Uber Driver Stories Good Friday morning! On the same day that Jon Bramnick announced he wouldn’t run for governor, Republican State Chair Doug Steinhardt made his long-expected candidacy official in a state filing incorpor...

Crossroads of a plague The worst pandemic in a century has ravaged Newark and its Black community. It was a tragedy decades in the making. Updated on Dec 11, 2020; Published on Dec 10, 2020 Newark has suffered the most COVID-19 deaths and cases in New Jersey. Photo by Andre Malok | NJ Advance Media The haunting stare was frozen on his daughter’s face. Walter Andrews found her in the middle of the night, dazed and unseeing as she rocked back and forth on his living room floor. “Tasha! Tasha!” he said in a loud whisper. But she merely groaned, continuing to gaze ahead vacantly.

Blocking common sense things that can make life better for struggling americans. and for that, i'm sorry. if you're going to block change to people that i've gotten into politics 20 plus years ago to defend in the central ward of newark, i'm going to fight you. that's why i'm in this election. i'm not in this election just to take one guy out of office. i'm in this election to take down all of those walls and barriers that are preventing democratic change, fair, equitable growth, empowerment of the people from happening. but i need help to do that. that's why i'm one of the people in this elec...

>> that's right. so ana, obviously cory booker is not going to neglect any corner of this key first in the primaries state. he started his visit by visiting rural areas, small towns outside of the columbia south carolina urban center. why is he doing this? he explained it earlier today in an event. take a listen. >> my first campaign stop as a candidate for presidency, i wanted to come to this community because my whole career is about going to the places that often people don't go to. don't talk about. don't face and confront. >> so this is an approach that harkens back to booker's time as a ...

Michelle obama campaigned for her. >> i still live in the central ward of newark, new jersey. the only senator that goes home to a community that's still a low income community, inner-city community. >> and they don't? >> i'm not saying they don't, but i'm saying the battles that i've taken on, to mean, that's what my mom challenged me to do as a kid. she said it, you have a debt to pay back. and you can't really pay it back, you have to pay it forward. >> dana: so paying it forward because you are a local reporter for a long time. so he's making this announcement from his home and the first q...